sohan kibik soyarğa
/soxan kibik sojarʁa/
Literal translation
to skin like an onion
Intended meaning
To heap bitter curses and abuse on someone.
- Tünene tatlı boluwçu qonşu tişirıwla, tawuqla maltağan tahtanı üsünde tohtap, sohan kibik soyadıla bir birni.The neighbour women, who were on the sweetest terms yesterday, stopped over the garden bed the chickens had trampled and cursed each other up and down.
Variants
- sohança soyarğa
- sohanlay soyarğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 412