tayaq başın kötürürge
/tajaq baʃɯn køtyryrɡe/
Literal translation
to lift the head of the stick
Intended meaning
To go around looking for a pretext to quarrel or come to blows.
- Ma, janım, elni bıllayla, Tawqançala, küçlegendile da, igilege, ahşılağa tıŋılamay, tayaq başların turğuzub, taphan amanlıqların etib aylanadıla.There, my dear, people like these, the Taukanovs, have taken the village over, and paying no heed to good and decent folk, they go about spoiling for a fight and doing whatever harm they can find to do.
Variants
- tayaq başın turğuzurğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 438