sütü bla tilerge
/syty bla tilerɡe/
Literal translation
to beg with one's milk
Intended meaning
Of a mother: to entreat her child in the most binding way possible, invoking her claim on the child as the one who nursed and raised it.
- Bergen sütüm bla tileyme, sabır et, – dep, anası Natanı qulağına şıbırdap, bileginden qatı qısdı."I beg you by the milk I gave you, calm down," his mother whispered in Nata's ear, gripping his arm tightly.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 427