quyruğun tutarğa
/qujruʁun tutarʁa/
Literal translation
to catch hold of someone's tail
Intended meaning
To uncover someone's trickery and catch them out in it.
- Totıliyge quru da işekli edim, endi ua quyruğundan tutdum.I was always suspicious of Totyliy, and now I have caught him by the tail.
- Petrov, meni tüŋülgen halimi sezgença, jarsığan ön bla: – Sotnikovnu quyruğun tuthan tınç bolmaz, – dedi.Petrov, as if sensing my dejected state, said in a sympathetic tone: "It will not be easy to catch Sotnikov out."
Variants
- quyruğun tutdururğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 331