jüregi sınarğa
/dʒyreɡi sɯnarʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
for one's heart to break
Intended meaning
To become sad and downhearted; to be overcome with sorrow, or to give in to despair and let hardship get the better of one.
- Bir iŋirde Bayqul keldi. Alay jaşha qonaqça qararğa qollarından kelmegenlerine jürekleri sınŋan edi.One evening Baykul came. But it saddened them that it was not in their power to receive the young man as a guest.
- Azatlıqğa itiniwde Safarnı jüregi qallay bir sınŋandı!How much sorrow Safar endured in his striving for freedom!
- Haw, Fatimat, tüz aytasa, meni bir zamanda da artığım bolmağandı. Qıynalğan keziwüm bolğan ese da, jüregim sınmağandı, – dedi Aminat."Yes, Fatimat, you are right, I have never had anything to spare. Hard as my times have been, I never gave in," said Aminat.
Variants
- kölü sınarğa
Sources
Show sources
- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 213
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 99