quturğan buğanı müyüzüne atarğa
/quturʁan buʁanɯ myjyzyne atarʁa/
Literal translation
to throw (someone) onto the horns of a raging bull
Intended meaning
To subject someone to severe suffering or torture.
- Jüyüshan polkovnik, zamanığıznı zırafına joymağız. Men sizge aytırımı aythanma. Men kesim edim. Meni quturğan buğanı müyüzüne atsağız da, andan başha juwap alallıq tüyülsüz.Polkovnik Jüyüshan, do not waste your time for nothing. I have told you what I had to tell you. It was I myself. Even if you throw me onto the horns of a raging bull, you will get no other answer out of me.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 341