közleri bla aşarğa
/køzleri bla aʃarʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to eat with one's eyes
Intended meaning
To look at someone with intense longing, taking in the sight of a person one has missed.
- Açan a, bizni jilyawubuzğa da es burmay, sabiylerine keziw-keziw qarab, alanı közleri bla aşaydı.Achan, paying no heed even to our weeping, looked at his children one after the other, devouring them with his eyes.
Sources
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- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary