tübün başına aylandırırğa

/tybyn baʃɯna ajlandɯrɯrʁa/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Literal translation

to turn its bottom to its head

Intended meaning

To reorganize an undertaking from the ground up, putting it on a new and proper footing.
  • Endi, – degendi Muradin, – ilmusuz iş barlıq tüyüldü, qaytsam a, kombinatnı tübün başına aylandırlıqma."Nowadays," said Muradin, "there will be no work without science, and when I come back I will turn the whole plant upside down."

Literal translation

to turn its bottom to its head

Intended meaning

To throw something into complete disorder — to jumble it, ruin it, or scatter it about.
  • Qazaqla üynü tintib, tübün başına etdile.The Cossacks searched the house and turned it upside down.
  • Ullu Arisey tübü başına aylana turadı, – dedi Bekbolat."Great Russia is being turned upside down," said Bekbolat.

Variants

  • tübün başına eterge
  • tüp-baş eterge

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