tili büldürgü eterge
/tili byldyrɡy eterɡe/
Idiom
Intended meaning
To have difficulty getting one's words out, speaking brokenly and unclearly, as from embarrassment or drunkenness.
- Manapolnu araqısı qızdırğan Çollaynı beti jerk qabuqğa boyalğança qızarğandı. Tili büldürgü etedi.Manapol's vodka had heated Chollay, and his face had gone red as though it were dyed with alder bark. His tongue is stumbling.
- Totuş, tiliŋ qalay ese da aman büldürgü etedi.Totush, somehow your tongue is stumbling badly.
Variants
- tili büldürgü etdirirge
Sources
Show sources
- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary