sırtına minerge
/sɯrtɯna minerɡe/
Literal translation
to climb onto someone's back
Intended meaning
To support oneself on another person's labour and earnings instead of one's own; of the causative variant, to let someone live at one's expense.
- Jaş atasını sırtına minerge umut etdi, alay işi bolmadı.The young man hoped to live off his father, but nothing came of it.
Variants
- sırtına mindirirge
Sources
Show sources
- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 423