ayağı jer tutmazğa
/ajaʁɯ dʒer tutmazʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
for one's foot not to hold the ground
Intended meaning
To be unable to bear or endure something and fall into agitated restlessness.
- Qanamat, bu jaŋı zorluqnu eşitgenli, ayağı jer tutmay, mıllıgın el taba atdı.Kanamat, once he heard of this new outrage, could not keep still and flung himself off toward the village.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 79