Обръщам дебелия край

Meaning: To start treating someone harshly.

Language: Bulgarian

Literally: To turn the thick end

Category: Daily Life

Origin: Flipping the cudgel to its heavy end pictures switching from patience to force or severity.

More idioms — Daily Life

• Byť v koncoch — To be at your wits' end.
• Metati polena pod noge — To deliberately obstruct or sabotage someone.
• Nei į tvorą, nei į mietą — Neither here nor there; completely irrelevant.
• Pilstyti iš tuščio į kiaurą — To do utterly futile work.
• Nagbibilang ng poste — Jobless and idle, with nothing to do.
• Melepaskan batuk di tangga — To do a job half-heartedly and leave it unfinished.

More Bulgarian idioms

• Гладна мечка хоро не играе — Nothing gets done on an empty stomach.
• Бели кахъри — Trivial, almost pleasant things to fret over.
• На баба ми хвърчилото — Something utterly irrelevant or nonsensical.

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