qulağın qızdırırğa
/qulaʁɯn qɯzdɯrɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to make someone's ear burn
Intended meaning
To speak badly of someone in their absence, criticizing or abusing them behind their back.
- Qoy, kereksizge qulağın qızdırma.Stop it, don't go running him down for no reason.
- Kesi sovhoznu baş zootehnigidi. Meni ua qulaqlarım qızdıla: Kesim bir qara tuwarçı, üyde üç sabiyim.He himself is the state farm's head zootechnician. But my ears were burning: I am just a plain cattleman, with three children at home.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 333
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 169