sırtından salırğa

/sɯrtɯndan salɯrʁa/

This expression has 4 meanings.

Literal translation

to lay (someone) down on his back

To beat an opponent in wrestling by putting him down on his back.

Ne mahtana ese da, tobuqdan oquna tutayım da, anı olsağatdan tüz sırtından salmasam, boyunumadı, – dedi."However much he brags, let me take hold of him even by the knee — and if I don't put him flat on his back right then, it is on my neck," he said.

to lay (someone) down on his back

To get the better of someone in intelligence, schooling or knowledge.

Politika oquwu, bilimi, bek başı proletar sezimi Koçarnı bardı. Ol teren qarasa, Ramazan bazınŋan Qanamatnı kesin oquna sırtından salır.Kochar has political schooling, education and, above all, proletarian consciousness. If he looks into it deeply, he will get the better even of Qanamat himself, the man Ramazan counts on.

to lay (someone) down on his back

To deceive someone and get the better of them by cunning.

Ne Mahmut sizni öltürüb ne da siz anı öltürüb, efendi bla Biymırza ua ol qawğa bla qutulur muratnı ete bolurla. Sırtığızdan bergendile.Either with Mahmut killing you or you killing him, the efendi and Biymyrza are probably meaning to get clear of that quarrel. They have outwitted you.

to lay (someone) down on his back

To get the better of someone so completely that they are left with nothing to say.

Baldan eşikni açıb, beri kirdi. Hasanŋa qarap, ışara: «Da eşite turama. Şkolnu üsünden a juqlap turğanlayıma sorsala da aytırıqma dep tura edim, saw qalğın, sırtından bir igi saldıŋ... Endi ol mahtanıb söleşse, boyunumadı».Baldan opened the door and came in. Looking at Hasan, smiling: "Yes, I am listening. As for the school, I was sure I could tell it even if they asked me in my sleep; bless you, you put him down nicely... Now if he speaks boastfully again, it is on my neck."

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