tükürügü quruğunçu

/tykyryɡy quruʁuntʃu/

Literal translation

until one's spit dries up

To press a point at length and with all one's force, arguing on and on to persuade someone.

Tükürügü quruğunçu söleşdi, alay jaşha aythanın etdiralmadı [atası].[His father] argued until his spit ran dry, but still could not make the boy do what he told him.

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