aqıldan şaşarğa
/aqɯldan ʃaʃarʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to stray from the mind
Intended meaning
To lose one's reason — to stop thinking clearly or judging soundly, and at times to become insane.
- Ol [Hamzat] awrubdu. Başı çayqalıb, aqılından şaşhandı ansı, alay aytırğa amalı joqdu."He [Hamzat] is ill. His head is spinning and he has lost his mind — otherwise he would have no way of saying such a thing."
- Qarındaşını sözlerine aqıldan şaşhan adamnı sözlerineça tıŋılab, jaŋıdan başladı.Listening to his brother's words as if to the words of a man who had gone out of his mind, he began again.
Variants
- aqıldan şaşdırırğa
Sources
Show sources
- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary