Expressions

Idioms

• şaytanlarıŋ meni üsümde körünmegen ese — why pick on me
• şaytanlı bolurğa — go berserk
• şaytanlı eterge — drive frantic
• şemşer qaşıq kibik — flawless person
• şıqırtha tıŋılağan qoyça — all ears
• şibijiyanı sabanıça tas bolurğa — vanish without trace
• şibilya tawuş etdirirge — strike with a crack
• şintigin tanırğa — know one's place
• şiş tutarğa — carry tail erect
• şobraların qobarırğa — give a beating
• şuw dep turğan — empty, lifeless home; destitute, penniless
• taban kötürürge — talk big
• tabanına jılı suw ierge — act treacherously
• tabu deseŋ da — however much you beg
• tabu etib — very gladly
• tahir-zuhura bolurğa — love each other deeply
• tahtadan tüşerge — lose high office
• tahtağa minerge — take high office
• tajal kibik — tough and tireless
• tajalnı jawurluğuça — picture of poverty
• talağı tururğa — gasp for breath; run to exhaustion
• tamağın boşlap — at full voice
• tamağın juwdururğa — have a drink
• tamağına tığılırğa — choke up with tears
• tambiy köl bolurğa — become very rich
• tamğasın salırğa — leave its mark
• tana közlü — big dark eyes
• tansıq etmezge — wear out one's welcome
• taŋkördü eterge — dote on
• taŋnı burunu bla — at daybreak
• tap salırğa — hurt someone's heart
• taphan – tamaqğa, jumğan – jumduruhha — every man for himself
• tapjöŋer oynarğa — treat as equal
• tapsaŋ qoyma — vanished without trace
• taqır köllü bolurğa — go slack
• tar qarında asırağan — mother who bore one
• tarğa tıyarğa — corner someone
• tarı bürtük kibik — tiny, minuscule
• tarı elek eterge — riddle with holes
• tarı hatlama — nothing at all
• tars dep atılırğa — explode with anger
• tars dep atılsın — drop dead; seethe with rage
• tart-soz eterge — coerce someone
• tartı-sozu joqdu — has no kin
• tartıp boyunun kesseŋ da, qan çıqmaz — furious, livid; malicious, ill-omened
• tartıp közün alırğa — act shamelessly
• tartıp temir üzgen — mighty man
• taş atarğa — storm off resentfully
• taş çartlatırğa — quarrel harshly
• taş çığarğa — tell fortunes
• taş jaratılğanlı — since time immemorial
• taş kibik bolurğa — grieve deeply
• taş maqaça qımıldarğa — move sluggishly
• taş qabarğa — grieve deeply
• taş salırğa — settle and build; tell fortunes
• taş tüşgen jerinde qalğanlay — settled in one place
• taş-ağaç aşap jilyarğa — weep bitterly
• taş-ağaç ülüşü bolurğa — drift about homeless
• taş-topuraq — a great many
• taşayaq adam — tough person
• taşdan köçürürge — scold harshly
• taşdan suw çığarırğa — be resourceful
• taşdan süt çığarğan — resourceful person
• taşdan, ağaçdan da ters bolurğa — utterly at fault
• taşha basdırmazğa — deny a home
• taşha talaw tiymez — bad people unharmed
• taşha talawmu tierikdi — nothing will happen
• taşın jalap tursam da — whatever the hardship
• taşın taşda, ağaçın ağaçda qoymazğa — curse fiercely; raze utterly
• taşkömürleri suwurğa — grudge cools
• taşnı sığıb, qan çığarğan — in the prime of vigour
• taşnı-ağaçnı çaqdırıb — speak forcefully
• taşnı-ağaçnı jilyatırğa — weep bitterly
• tatlı tilli — sweet-spoken
• taw bla teŋ bolğan — highly respected
• taw quş — brave man
• taw teyrige ışanŋança — utterly reliable
• tawdan awarğa — pull off anything
• tawğa da çığarıqdı — fearless and bold
• tawuq ayağıça sarğalırğa — go deathly pale
• tawuq burunu bla eltirça bolurğa — live to great age
• tawuq esinde – tarı bürtük — one's obsession
• tawuq külür — laughably worthless
• tawuq tankısı çaqlı biri bolmazğa — brainless; not the slightest
• tawuqğa üş demegen — gentle, harmless person
• tawuşu çığarğa — news to arrive
• tayağın jerge qağarğa — declare a decision final
• tayanır taşı — source of support
• tayaq başın kötürürge — pick a fight
• tayaq bolub tierge — backfire on oneself
• tayaq burunu bla saylarğa — hand-pick the best
• tayaq jeterge — get blamed
• tayaq kötürürge — beat, assault
• tayaq oynatırğa — beat someone
• tayaq qarındaş — sworn brother
• tayaq tübünden işletirge — force to work
• tayaq tübünden tizilirge — swear an oath
• tayaqdan atlağısız bolurğa — utterly helpless
• taza jürekli — pure-hearted
• tebinseŋ, jer tepdirirça tebin — do things thoroughly
• teke orununa eçki — shift the blame
• teke qalqıw eterge — doze sitting up
• telçe tamırı kibik — spreading everywhere
• teli awruw — typhus
• teli janibek çegemge barğança — on a fool's errand; aimlessly, for nothing
• temir bağana bolurğa — be a mainstay
• temir bet alırğa — become enraged
• temir suwuğunçu jazarğa — strike while hot
• temir terek bolurğa — be immortal; stand immovable
• teŋ etmezge — hold above all
• teŋiz – tobuqdan, bulut – boğurdaqdan — fears nothing
• teŋizge taş athança — gone without trace; a drop in the ocean
• tepsi tübü bla jaşarğa — live off others
• terenŋe kirirge — get to the bottom
• teri tuluq jaraşırça bolurğa — past dressing up
• terisi qalındı — thick-skinned
• terisin sıdırıb berirge — give one's all
• terisin soyarğa — oppress cruelly
• terisine kirgin — may it ruin you
• terlegen jeri joqdu — not worried; pays no heed
• terlik kepdirirge — rest one's horse
• ters ayağından tururğa — in a bad mood
• ters köz bla qararğa — look askance at
• ters tüeginden basarğa — provoke someone
• tersine aylanırğa — go astray
• teşik tapsa, jerge kirirça bolurğa — be mortified
• teyri berdi bişgen aş — a godsend
• teyri eşik açılırğa — a miracle happens
• teyri künün körürge — have a grand time
• teyri qılıç — rainbow
• teyri seni ursun demegen — harmless and gentle
• teyri ururğa — be struck down
• teyrini şağatha tutarğa — tell the truth
• teyrini tişi bla tutarğa — swear by God
• tılpıwu tamağına tığılırğa — catch one's breath
• tılpıwun almay tıŋılarğa — listen intently
• tıŋılawnu basarğa — keep silent
• tıpır taş — ancestral home
• tıpır taşı teberge — life falls apart
• tıpırda qalırça — left unmarried
• tırman bla etin aşarğa — nag to death
• tırnağı da açımazğa — escape unharmed
• tırnağın tutmazğa — be no match
• tırnağına jetmezge — be far inferior
• tırnaq basar jer bolmazğa — no room at all
• tırnaqnı qarası çaqlı bir — the slightest bit
• tikge tıyarğa — leave speechless
• til açarğa — begin to speak
• til berirge — give speech
• til biterge — find one's tongue
• til eterge — carry tales; inform on someone
• til jawu qururğa — talk oneself dry
• til jetdirirge — inform on someone
• til keltirirge — capture an informant
• til qağarğa — signal secretly
• til qara tutarğa — stop speaking
• til tabarğa — reach an understanding
• til tutarğa — bride's ritual silence; stop speaking; say nothing
• tilde süek joqdu — tongue is unrestrained
• tili açı — sharp-tongued
• tili açılırğa — tongue loosens
• tili artına keterge — be tongue-tied
• tili aylanmazğa — be tongue-tied; too drunk to speak; cannot speak foreign language; not dare say it
• tili biçaq kibik — sharp-tongued
• tili bir qarışdı — talks nonstop, gossips
• tili bla jalağança eterge — make spotless
• tili bolmağan — illiterate; speaks no other language
• tili büldürgü eterge — speak haltingly
• tili çığarğa — begin to speak
• tili erkin aylanırğa — speak freely
• tili joqdu — be mute; be illiterate
• tili kiçiydi — itching to speak
• tili sınmazğa — speak unclearly
• tili tatlı — sweet-tongued
• tili uzundu — gossipy, talkative
• tili, qağıtı bolğan — literate
• tilin açarğa — get someone talking; manage a foreign language
• tilin jetdirirge — butt in; crack a joke
• tilin juthança bolurğa — be tongue-tied
• tilin qabarğa — break off speaking; regret one's words
• tilin suwururğa — fawn, sweet-talk
• tilin tıyalmazğa — can't keep quiet
• tilin tutarğa — silence someone
• tilin tutdurturğa — silence someone
• tilin tuzluqğa ururğa — gossip idly
• tilinde suw bolmazğa — nothing to eat
• tiline salmazğa — refuse to eat
• tiline tierge — beat me to it
• tilini tübünde aylanırğa — tip of tongue
• tin kirirge — gain strength; grow rich
• tirmen taş kibik — enormous
• tirmende söleşgença — talk very loudly
• tirmeni allına aylanŋan — heyday
• tirmeni soluna aylanŋan — hard times
• tirmenine suw quyarğa — take someone's side
• tirmenleri bir janına aylanırğa — be of one mind
• tiş bilerge — hold a grudge; seethe with anger; gird for a fight
• tiş bilewge qayraq bolurğa — bent on revenge
• tiş da şişlik da küymezça — satisfy both sides
• tiş içinde iyne izlegença — impossible task