jerni qırtişin qobarırğa
/dʒerni qɯrtiʃin qobarɯrʁa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Idiom
Literal translation
to tear up the turf of the earth
Intended meaning
To carry something to an extreme, doing it without measure or restraint — especially weeping and lamenting.
- Zawra da, Ölmez da, artharaqda süelib, kesi qıyını bla jaşağan adamları da tögereklerinden basınıb, qollarında qol jawluqları jibib, jerni qırtışin qobarıb jilyaydıla.Zaura and Yolmez, standing a little further back, with the people who lived by their own labor pressing in around them and the handkerchiefs in their hands soaked through, are weeping beyond all measure.
Idiom
Literal translation
to tear up the turf of the earth
Intended meaning
To be utterly helpless, driven to the end of one's resources.
- Amalsız bolub, jerni qırtişin qobaradı jarlı sawsuz.Helpless, the poor sick man is at the end of his tether.
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary