awuzumdan qanım kelgen kibikdi

/awuzumdan qanɯm kelɡen kibikdi/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Literal translation

it is as if my blood came out of my mouth

Said in apology for having spoken improperly or without due respect: I am mortified at myself, please forgive me.

Ayıb etmegiz, sizni qatığızda qartlığımda anı [qatınını] üsünden janşay turğanım awuzumdan qanım kelgen kibikdi, ayt deysiz da, aytama, – dedi Ortabay."Don't take offence — that I, in my old age, sit here beside you prattling about her [his wife] shames me to the core; but you ask me to tell it, so I am telling it," said Ortabay.

it is as if my blood came out of my mouth

Of a deed or way of behaving: something wholly unacceptable for me, which I could never bring myself to do.

Men barıb kişige til etallıq tüyülme: ol maŋa awuzumdan qanım kelgen kibikdi.I am not one to go and inform on anybody: that is something utterly unacceptable for me.

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