tünkesi tawusulurğa

/tynkesi tawusulurʁa/

Idiom

Intended meaning

To lose one's strength and become feeble and emaciated, typically from hard labor or hardship.

Quru alağa [Bekmırzalağa] teri iylegen bla tünkeŋi tawushansa da, – dep qızdı Ayşat anasına."You have worn yourself out tanning hides just for them [the Bekmyrzas]," Ayshat snapped at her mother.
Alamat adamsa, ollahiy, jür toyğa, qoy bu qayanı kemirgenni, atalarıbız da tünkelerin boşağandıla, alanı kemire.You are a fine man, by God — go to the wedding, leave off gnawing at this rock; our fathers too wore themselves out gnawing at them.

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