jüregi küerge
/dʒyreɡi kyerɡe/
Idiom
Literal translation
one's heart burns
Intended meaning
To be bitterly pained by something and unable to put it out of one's mind; to grieve deeply over a wrong or a loss.
- Ança jılnı içinde saŋa [Rabiyğağa] aldanıb turğanıma jüregim küedi.It eats at my heart that I was taken in by you [Rabiga] for all those years.
- Bizge etgenigiz artıqlıqdı dep, süelmedile, başların enişge tutub, tıŋılab turdula, jürekleri otda küyüb [Zawurbek bla qarındaşları].They did not stand up and say "What you have done to us is an outrage"; they kept their heads down and stayed silent, their hearts burning in the fire [Zaurbek and his brothers].
Variants
- jüregi janŋan otda küerge
- jüregi qaralırğa
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary