tüknü gırhısına sılarğa

/tykny ɡɯrxɯsɯna sɯlarʁa/

Literal translation

to stroke the hair along its lay

To handle a matter or a remark tactfully, steering it toward a favourable outcome rather than going against the grain.

Laqırda, çam ete, jarıq söleşiwçü sekretarnı tüknü gırhısına sılawçu keziwlerine da joluğa turğandıla.They also kept coming across occasions when the secretary, who joked and spoke cheerfully, smoothed the matter over the right way.
Ol [Janmırza] tüknü jathan janına sılarğa süygen, jaşaw ızğa çüyre turmay, anı barışı bla barıb, zawuğun alğan, tawkel adam edi.He [Janmyrza] was a bold man who liked to stroke the hair the way it lay, who did not set himself against the course of life but went along with it and took his pleasure from it.

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