qulaq ot alırğa
/qulaq ot alɯrʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to take ear fire
Intended meaning
To become tipsy or drunk from drinking alcohol.
- Mırtaz bıqıdan töŋeregenley da, jaşlanı qulaq ot alğanları qol bla sıdırğança ketdi.The moment Myrtaz toppled down from the post, the tipsiness the lads had taken on left them as if scraped away by hand.
- Bıla şaytan suwdan urtlağan bolurla da, qulaq otları bolub, teŋiz – tobuqdan dep, dördenlerin turğuzub, anı üçün kele turadıla.These ones must have taken a sip of the devil's water, and being tipsy, reckoning the sea is only knee-deep, they puff themselves up and come on for that very reason.
Variants
- qulaq otlu bolurğa
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary