soluw aldırmazğa
/soluw aldɯrmazʁa/
Literal translation
not to let (someone) take a breath
Intended meaning
To keep someone at a task continuously, allowing no pause or respite.
- Jırdan boşap, hapar başlasa [atam], anı da, bir seyirlik jomaqnıça, bizge soluw aldırmay aytıwçu edi.When [my father] finished a song and began a story, he would tell that too, like some wondrous tale, without letting us draw a breath.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 410