saqalına tükürürge
/saqalɯna tykyryrɡe/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
to spit on someone's beard
Intended meaning
To shame and revile someone openly in front of everyone; to heap curses on them.
- Ol aman qul, – dep başladı Şohay, açıwlanıb, – bir tersligim bolmay turğanlay, kele kelib, saqalıma tükürüb ketgendi."That wicked wretch," Shohay began angrily, "though I had done nothing wrong at all, he came along and spat in my beard and walked off."
Literal translation
to spit on one's beard
Intended meaning
To become extremely, disgracefully drunk.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 386
- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеологиясы (2007), p. 155