tük üsünde tük qoymazğa
/tyk ysynde tyk qojmazʁa/
Literal translation
not to leave a hair upon a hair
Intended meaning
To destroy someone utterly and inflict devastating harm on them; to tear them to pieces.
- İş terenŋe keterin aŋılap, Sülemen: – Tohtağız, joldaşla, asırı jeŋillik etesiz, qızmağız. Zekeriya Pölkge ketgendi, askerni alıb kelib, tük üsünde tügügüznü qoymazça eter, – dedi.Understanding that the affair was going far, Sulemen said: "Stop, comrades, you are being far too rash, don't get heated. Zekeriya has gone to Pölk; he will bring soldiers and see to it that not a hair of yours is left."
Variants
- tük üsünde tük qaldırmazğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 469