tilin juthança bolurğa
/tilin dʒutxantʃa bolurʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to be as if one has swallowed one's tongue
Intended meaning
To be unable to utter a word, growing flustered and falling silent.
- Hajiret alıqa da, tilin juthança, aberi aytalmaydı, awuzu qurğaqsığandı, esin tolu jıyalmaydı.Hajiret still cannot say a thing, as though he had swallowed his tongue; his mouth has gone dry, he cannot gather his wits.
Sources
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- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary