şıqırtha tıŋılağan qoyça
/ʃɯqɯrtxa tɯŋɯlaʁan qojtʃa/
Literal translation
like a sheep that has listened to a rustle
Intended meaning
Alert and straining to catch a sound; listening with tense, wary attention.
- Eşek, otlağanın qoyub, şıqırtha tıŋılağan qoyça, qulaqların allına etib, töben janında qol içinden çıqğan jolğa qaradı.The donkey left off grazing and, like a sheep listening to a rustle, pricked its ears forward and looked at the road coming out of the hollow on the lower side.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 504