quyruğun çıkga salırğa

/qujruʁun tʃɯkɡa salɯrʁa/

Literal translation

to set one's tail on the dew

To refuse outright and hold to that refusal, saying no to doing something or to speaking.

Üsüb ögüzleni küterge söz bergen edi da, bügün a quyruğun çıkga salıb tohtağandı, – dedi brigadir."Yusup had given his word to herd the oxen, but today he has flatly refused," said the brigade leader.

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