qolların boyarğa
/qollarɯn bojarʁa/
Literal translation
to stain one's hands
Intended meaning
To strike or beat someone, or to go so far as to commit murder.
- Ol tapsız adamğa qollarımı boyarğa süymedim ansı, keregin berlik edim.I simply did not want to stain my hands on that worthless man, otherwise I would have given him what he deserved.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 322