qolların boşlarğa
/qollarɯn boʃlarʁa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
to let one's hands loose
Intended meaning
To put one's hands on someone without their leave; to make improper advances.
- Meni tawlu qız bolğanımı unuthanmı etgense? Halqımı igi adetin men ölgünçü qoyarıq tüyülme. Seni teŋŋe körüb, ışanŋanlıqğa, eki qoluŋu boşlarsa dep, kimni esinde bar edi? – dedi Zaynaf Mashutha.Have you forgotten that I am a mountain girl? I will not give up the good custom of my people until I die. Who would ever have thought that, seeing you as a friend and trusting you, you would let both your hands loose? – said Zaynaf to Maskhut.
Literal translation
to let one's hands loose
Intended meaning
To stop pursuing something after losing hope in it.
- Bu bahça bolluq tüyüldü, bıyıl kartofdan qol boşlağanma.This garden is not going to come to anything; this year I have given up on the potatoes.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 322