awuzuna aralırğa
/awuzuna aralɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to stare into someone's mouth
Intended meaning
To listen to someone with rapt attention, taking in everything they say.
- Ahmat kesi bolsa edi, ma bu tawlu jaşlaça, kombatnı qatından ketmey, anı awuzuna aralıb turur edi.Had it been up to Ahmat himself, he would have stayed by the battalion commander's side like these mountain lads, hanging on his every word.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 69