kesine jer tapmazğa

/kesine dʒer tapmazʁa/

Idiom

Literal translation

to find no place for oneself

Intended meaning

To be unable to settle down from worry, distress or anger; to be at one's wits' end, not knowing what to say or do.
  • Musa, kerti oquna aŋa juq bolğan sunub, kesine jer tapmaydı.Musa, truly thinking that something had happened to them, can find no peace.
  • Tınçlığıŋ ketgenni awazıŋdan aŋılaydı, jarsıydı, kesine olturur jer tapmaydı.She understands from your voice that your peace of mind is gone; she grieves, and can find no place to sit still.
  • Bıllay betsizlikni ua kim aytıb eşitgendi?... – dep, Jambot kesi kesine jer tapmaydı."Who has ever heard tell of such shamelessness?..." — saying this, Jambot is beside himself.
  • Ala Aqlima aŋılamağan orus tilde söleşgenleri da açıw tiyib, ol kesine jer tabalmay edi.Stung too by their speaking in Russian, which Aklima did not understand, they could find no place for themselves.

Variants

  • kesine olturur jer tapmazğa

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