There are many idioms and phrasal words in Kazakh. There are some words which are used more commonly to make phrases and idioms. One of them is бой. Бой is translated as height, but in phraseological units it might be translated differently.
In the following table we can see some of them.
Vocabulary
Idioms with бой
бой бермеу
бой жазу
бой жету
бой көрсету
бой тасалау
бойға сіңген
бойды кернеу
бойы жадырау
бойы түршігу
бойы үйрену
бойын аулақ салу
бойын тіктеп ұстау
бойына ас батпау
келген бойда
кеткен бойда
To not give up
To have a walk to rest
To mature (about girls)
To arise, to appear, to erect
To hide
Ingrained
To be full with (about feelings like joy, happiness)
To feel happy, to feel joy
To startle (from the unexpected, unpleasant)
To get used to something
To eschew, to avoid
To stay straight
To lose peace (lit. to lose the desire to eat)
Right after arriving
Right after leaving
Exercise 1. Choose any five phrases and make up sentences with them.
