sözün awuzuna buştuq eterge
/søzyn awuzuna buʃtuq eterɡe/
Literal translation
to make someone's word a plug in their mouth
Intended meaning
To cut someone off and give them no chance to speak.
- Kerti oquna, adamnı sözün awuzuna buştuq etib, awuzunda qaldırırla, bolumun aytdırmazla.Truly, they will stop a person's words up like a plug in their mouth, leave them stuck there, and not let them tell their situation.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 407