tört bügülüb işlerge
/tørt byɡylyb iʃlerɡe/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Idiom
Literal translation
to work bent in four
Intended meaning
To labor painfully at heavy, menial work.
- Sımayılnı jaŋız qızı bir jarlığa barğandı da, tört bügülüb işleydi dep, meni ıylıqsındırsınla.Let them shame me, saying that Smayil's only daughter married a poor man and now toils bent double.
Idiom
Literal translation
to work bent in four
Intended meaning
To perform the Muslim ritual prayer.
- Er kişile, tört büklenib, maŋılayların jerge-jerge urdula.The men, bending double, pressed their foreheads to the ground again and again.
Variants
- tört büklenib işlerge
Sources
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- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary