jüregi sarı suw bolurğa

/dʒyreɡi sarɯ suw bolurʁa/

Idiom

Literal translation

for one's heart to turn to yellow water

To lose all one's strength and waste away, whether from illness and weakness or from grief.

Awbekir asırı köb awruğandan, jüregi sarı suw bolub, tügenib tohtağandı.Aubekir, from having been ill so long, was drained to the very heart and wasted away.

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