közlerin tuluq eterge
/køzlerin tuluq eterɡe/
Idiom
Literal translation
to make one's eyes into a leather bag
Intended meaning
To weep so long and hard that one's eyes become puffy and swollen.
- Kim unutdurur anı [Jabrailni] eki sabiyi, ataların sağınıb, közlerin tuluq etib jilyawçuların?Who could make him forget his two children, who wept for their father until their eyes were swollen?
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 251