qolun-ayağın baylarğa
/qolun-ajaʁɯn bajlarʁa/
Literal translation
to tie up someone's hands and feet
Intended meaning
To deprive someone of freedom of action and hinder them in what they are doing.
- Alay ese, siz meni qolumu-ayağımı bayladığız. Men sizden ketmeyme, – dep, Namıs, baynı birgesine qaytıb, ızına keldi."In that case, you have tied my hands and feet. I am not leaving you," said Namys, and returning to the rich man, he came back.
- Alay a ne kelsin, qolum-ayağım baylanŋandı da, tutmaqdama, üyden çığar madar tapmayma.But what can be done — my hands and feet are tied, I am a prisoner, I find no way to leave the house.
Variants
- qolun-ayağın baylanırğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 325
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), PDF page 162