sın qatarğa

/sɯn qatarʁa/

This expression has 5 meanings.

Idiom

Literal translation

to harden into a statue

To stand bolt upright and perfectly still, as one does at the military command to attention.

Şöndüge deri jerge qarap turğan Harun, sekirib turub, şo askerdeça, tamatanı allında sın qatdı.Harun, who until then had been staring at the ground, sprang up and stood stock-still before the elder, exactly like a soldier.

Idiom

to harden into a statue

Of a dancer: to move smoothly and gracefully while holding the body erect and utterly still.

Ol kökürek qaŋasın alğa etib, bel bawun tüzetdi da, eki qolun keŋŋe jayıb, eki ayağından sora juğu qımıldamay, ortada sın qatdı.He thrust his chest forward, straightened his belt, and spreading both arms wide, with nothing but his feet moving, held himself statue-still in the middle of the circle.

Idiom

to harden into a statue

Of a spinning top: to spin rapidly and steadily.

Uç, da, haynuhum, sın qat! Oz haynuhlanı barın!Fly, my top, spin hard! Outstrip every other top!

Idiom

to harden into a statue

To become unable to move; to be dumbfounded and at a loss, especially when paralysed by fright.

Qızçıq da, asırı qorqğandan, qolları quruşub, sın qathanlay turadı.And the little girl, out of sheer fright, her hands cramped stiff, stands there frozen.

Idiom

to harden into a statue

To hold oneself still in a studied, self-admiring pose.

Naşho ua prezidiwmda, satlıq mıllık kibik, sın qatıb oltura edi.Nashkho, for his part, sat in the presidium frozen in place, like a venal carcass.

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