tişlerin bilerge
/tiʃlerin bilerɡe/
Literal translation
to sharpen one's teeth
Intended meaning
To harbour secret hostility toward someone and wait for the chance to get even.
- Bizni tuwğan jurtubuzğa köpden beri tişlerin bilegen faşistle 1941 jılda iün ayda qanlı uruşnu açadıla.The fascists, who had long been sharpening their teeth for our native land, opened the bloody war in June 1941.
- Hajiqurman aman adamdı. Endi ol bizge tişlerin bilegenley aylanırıqdı.Hajikurman is a bad man. From now on he will go about nursing a grudge against us.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 456