başı keterge
/baʃɯ keterɡe/
Literal translation
for one's head to go away
Intended meaning
To be so overcome by a splitting headache that one can neither think nor find rest.
- Jüregime jetib, qaltırawuq bolub, dıgalas bla çıqdım taŋŋa. Busağatda da başım ketib baradı, – dedi Azamat."It got to my heart, I came over trembling, and I struggled through to dawn. Even now my head is splitting," said Azamat.
Variants
- başı ketib barırğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 101