taşın taşda, ağaçın ağaçda qoymazğa
/taʃɯn taʃda, aʁatʃɯn aʁatʃda qojmazʁa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
not to leave his stone on stone, his timber on timber
Intended meaning
To berate or curse someone violently, holding back none of the abuse one is capable of.
- Asiyatnı ol çekge jetdirgen kiewnü üyüne ua duniyanı başında bolğan qarğışlanı qızğanmaydı, anı taşın – taşda, ağaçın ağaçda qoymazça qarğaydı.She begrudges the house of the son-in-law who drove Asiyat to that extreme not one curse in the world; she curses it so as to leave not a stone of it upon a stone.
- ...Daraja, oquw da jürütgen orus biyle jüyüshan Kartsevni taşnı taşda qoymay söge edile....The Russian nobles, men of rank and learning, reviled the clerk Kartsev without leaving a stone of him upon a stone.
Literal translation
not to leave his stone on stone, his timber on timber
Intended meaning
To destroy what stands completely, wrecking it and laying it waste.
- Qoymabız faşizmni taşın taşda.We shall not leave one stone of fascism upon another.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 438