tonun çüyresine kierge
/tonun tʃyjresine kierɡe/
Literal translation
to put one's fur coat on inside out
Intended meaning
To lose one's temper and turn openly hostile.
- Men da allıq edim Semiz «beşden» onnu. Mahtar edile meni, Çüyre kiymeyim tonnu.I too would have taken ten fat "fives". They would have praised me — I do not wear my coat inside out.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 459
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 204
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 226