tawuq ayağıça sarğalırğa
/tawuq ajaʁɯtʃa sarʁalɯrʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to turn yellow like a chicken's foot
Intended meaning
To lose all color from fright, illness or shock, with the blood draining from one's face.
- Nafisat harib a, tawuq ayağıça sarğalıb, başında da teşilmegen jeri qalmay, jata edi.Poor Nafisat lay there, gone yellow as a chicken's foot, with not a spot on her head left unbroken.
Sources
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- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary