çaç tükleri örge tururğa
/tʃatʃ tykleri ørɡe tururʁa/
Literal translation
for the hairs of the head to stand up
Intended meaning
To be seized by terror, trembling all over and going weak with fright; in the causative variant, to terrify someone.
- Örüzmek bla Abdullah ol jerli Haji-osmanŋa bla Mazanŋa sınathan zatlanı üsünden ol qart qoyçu atama bir aythanların eşitgenme da, qoy, qoy! Ol esime tüşse, çaç tüklerim örge süeledile.I once heard that old shepherd tell my father what Yoryuzmek and Abdullah put that local Hadji-Osman and Mazan through — enough, enough! Whenever it comes back to me, my hair stands on end.
- Ol zamanda, qabırlanı janından çığıb, üsünde da aq kebini bla birew – qazıq jerge tiygen sayın qıçırıq etib, örge-örge sekirib başladı... Munu körgende, qorqaq adamnı başında çaç tükleri örge turub, çıqır-çıqır eterik edile.Just then someone in a white shroud came out from among the graves and began to leap higher and higher, shrieking every time the stake struck the ground... At that sight a timid person's hair would have stood on end and crackled.
Variants
- çaç tükleri örge turğuzurğa
- çaç tükleri örge süelirge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 491
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 223