tili artına keterge
/tili artɯna keterɡe/
Idiom
Literal translation
for one's tongue to go backward
Intended meaning
To be unable to get a word out, from embarrassment, confusion or fear.
- Qobub, men da kölüme kelgenni bir jarmalayım dep tura edim. Buzjigitden sora ua tilim artına ketdi da qaldı.I had stood up, meaning to blurt out what was on my mind too. But after Buzdzhigit my tongue went right back on me.
- Alay anı qayğılı jüregi jaşına tübegenine quwanmaydı, tili artına tartıla, aytırıq sözlerin aytalmaydı.But his troubled heart does not rejoice at meeting his son; his tongue draws back and he cannot say the words he means to say.
Variants
- tili artına tartırğa
- tili artına tartılırğa
Sources
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- Akbaev 2007 · Phraseology of the Karachay-Balkar Language
- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary