jürek jawun aşarğa

/dʒyrek dʒawun aʃarʁa/

Idiom

Literal translation

to eat someone's heart fat

To cause someone deep, unrelenting distress, giving them no peace and wearing them down inwardly.

Erke sözleriŋ, ala közleriŋ Jürek jawumu aşayla…Your tender words, those hazel eyes of yours — they eat away at my heart…
Ekisi da jürek jawumu aşab boşadıla.The two of them have eaten my heart away entirely.

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