jan-janın aşarğa
/dʒan-dʒanɯn aʃarʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to eat one's own sides
Intended meaning
To be beside oneself with fury, snapping and lashing out at everyone around.
- Soltan guzaba etib keldi. Kesi ua, oğursuz, açıwlu, quturğan itça, jan-janın aşaydı.Soltan came in in a fluster. And he himself, spiteful and angry, is raging like a rabid dog.
- Jaralı ayüça, jan-janın aşaydı.Like a wounded bear, he savages everything around him.
Variants
- jan-janın çaynarğa
- tögeregin çaynarğa
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary