şiş tutarğa
/ʃiʃ tutarʁa/
Literal translation
to hold a skewer
Intended meaning
Of cattle and other animals: to hold the tail stiffly straight up, as when startled or frisking about.
- Birazdan a, quyruqların da şiş tutub, tanala, salqın jerleni izley, arı-beri qaçıb başladıla.After a while the heifers, their tails held stiff and high, began dashing this way and that in search of a cool spot.
Variants
- quyruğun şiş tutarğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 503