taşnı-ağaçnı jilyatırğa
/taʃnɯ-aʁatʃnɯ dʒiljatɯrʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to make the stone and the tree weep
Intended meaning
To cry with overwhelming grief, in a way that moves everything around one to pity.
- Amma, taşağa tüşgenley, taşnı-ağaçnı jilyatıwçu bolur edi, közlerini qızarğanları ketmey tura edi.Grandmother, as soon as she came into the back room, would weep her heart out; the redness never left her eyes.
- Jarsıwu asırı ulludan Zakiy taşnı-ağaçnı jilyatadı.His grief being so great, Zakiy weeps bitterly.
Variants
- taşnı-ağaçnı aşarğa
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary