jüregi qan tırnarğa
/dʒyreɡi qan tɯrnarʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
for one's heart to scratch blood
Intended meaning
To be seized with anxious distress and left helpless, seeing no way out.
- Jabrail Loqmanoviç Harunnu... kim bolğanın aŋılab, kimden ayırılğanın aŋılab, jüregi qan tırnadı.Jabrail Lokmanovich, realizing who Harun was and whom he had been parted from, was seized with anguish.
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary