tayağın jerge qağarğa
/tajaʁɯn dʒerɡe qaʁarʁa/
Literal translation
to strike one's staff on the ground
Intended meaning
To treat a decision or a spoken word as settled and closed to further discussion.
- Tamata tayağın jerge qaqğandan sora, aŋa söz qoşarğa jaramaydı.Once the elder has struck his staff on the ground, no one may add a word to it.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 438
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 218