tuz arbağa jegerge
/tuz arbaʁa dʒeɡerɡe/
Literal translation
to harness to the salt cart
Intended meaning
To make someone toil relentlessly, wearing them out and giving them no rest.
- Da ne arığansa, ne bolğandı? Seni kişi tuz arbağa jekmegen uşaydı da! – dedi Harun.Well, why are you tired, what has happened to you? It doesn't look as if anyone has harnessed you to the salt cart! – said Harun.
- Men a, erttenden iŋirge deri tuz arbağa jegilib aylansam da, bılayladan qaçalmaz edim.But even if I went about harnessed to the salt cart from morning till evening, I could not run away from these parts.
Variants
- tuz arbağa jegilirge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 460