tüz jolğa salırğa
/tyz dʒolʁa salɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to put on the straight road
Intended meaning
To guide someone into good conduct — to raise or teach them to be a decent person and turn them away from bad ways.
- Adamnı adam etgen jaşawdu. Anı tüz jolğa salğan, şaşdırğan da ol.It is life that makes a person a person. It is life too that sets them on the right path or leads them astray.
- Sabiyni adam etgen ustazdı, men saŋa bek ırazıma. Köpleni tüz jolğa salğansa, meni da üyretir üçün qoymağansa, – dedi Ortabay.It is the teacher who makes a person of a child; I am very grateful to you. You have set many on the right path, and you spared no effort to teach me either, said Ortabay.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 468
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 229