sırtın jerge salmazğa
/sɯrtɯn dʒerɡe salmazʁa/
Literal translation
not to lay one's back on the ground
Intended meaning
To never be beaten in wrestling; to remain unbeaten by any opponent.
- Kesigiz körgenlikden, bu ömürde adam sırtın jerge salmağan Qralbiyni jıqdı.As you yourselves saw, he threw Kralbiy, whom no one in this age had ever pinned.
- Bügün jer başında eki ayağı bla jürügen adam bolub, Hommadanı sırtın jerge salallıq joqdu.Today there is no man walking the earth on two legs who could pin Khommada.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 422