mıyığın jibitirge
/mɯjɯʁɯn dʒibitirɡe/
Idiom
Literal translation
to soak one's mustache
Intended meaning
Of a man: to cry very hard, to sob uncontrollably.
- «Teŋlerine kişile mıyıqların jibitginçi jilyadıla», – deydi bizni honşubuz."The men wept for their comrades until they had soaked their mustaches," our neighbor says.
Sources
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- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary