aqılın içerge
/aqɯlɯn itʃerɡe/
Idiom
Literal translation
to drink one's mind
Intended meaning
To turn into a habitual drunkard, losing one's reason to alcohol.
- Anı tüz bolğanın a men da bileme, alay a Şmaw tört-beş jılnı mından alğa aqılın içib boşağan edi, – degendi Alan."I know that it is true too, but Shmau had drunk his mind away entirely four or five years ago," said Alan.
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary