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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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 166
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 69