çıgır başdan qurt ağızğan
/tʃɯɡɯr baʃdan qurt aʁɯzʁan/
Literal translation
making the worms drop off a scabby head
Intended meaning
Extremely hot; describing a day of blazing, oppressive heat.
- Çıgır başdan qurt ağızğan kün dep da bıllayğa aytıwçu bolurla dep, jülünŋen başın qaşır birsi."A day that makes the worms drop off a scabby head" must be what they say about a day like this, thought the other, scratching his shaven head.
- Tallahiy, bügün kün asırı qızdırğandan, çıgır başnı qurtların ağızırıqdı.By God, the sun is blazing so hot today that it will make the worms drop off a scabby head.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 497
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 227