sırtından tüşerge

/sɯrtɯndan tyʃerɡe/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Literal translation

to get off someone's back

Intended meaning

To stop living at another person's expense, off the fruits of their labour.
  • Alağa [biylege] bizni sırtıbızdan tüşerge zaman bolğan bolur.It is probably time for them [the princes] to get off our backs.

Literal translation

to fall off someone's back

Intended meaning

To become disagreeable or unwelcome to someone; to lose someone's good will.
  • Şamayıl, qaysı genezir ne aytsa, aŋa awuzun açıb aylanadı, alay ete keledi da, dop dep sırtından tüşedi da qaladı.Shamayil goes about gaping at whatever officer says whatever, he keeps on like that, and then all at once he falls off his back with a thud.

Variants

  • sırtın salırğa

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