öpkesin-bawurun tögerge

/øpkesin-bawurun tøɡerɡe/

Literal translation

to pour out one's lungs and liver

Intended meaning

To toil and suffer to the point of exhaustion, sparing no effort and no regard for one's own health.
  • Aqılbalıq bolğunçu, meni sabiylerimi meni köküregimden ayırırğa kimni erkinligi bardı?! Öpkemi-bawurumu tögüb ösdürgen sabiylerimi, janımdan ayırılmay, ayırmam, – dedi Sapiyat.Who has the right to tear my children from my breast before they come of age?! The children I raised by pouring out my lungs and liver I will not give up unless I am parted from my soul, — said Sapiyat.

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