başı qazan bolurğa
/baʃɯ qazan bolurʁa/
Literal translation
for one's head to become a cauldron
Intended meaning
To be so overwhelmed by worry that one cannot think straight or decide what to do.
- Başım qazan bolğandı, ayhay, ne eterigiŋi bilseŋ a, – dedi Abdullah."My head has become a cauldron — if only you knew what to do," said Abdullah.
- Bir otowdan birsine öte, beti ağarıb, jüregi taşça qatıb, başı qazan tawuş ete, köb aylandı [Jibiril].He paced a long while from one room to another, his face pale, his heart hardened like stone, his head roaring like a cauldron [Zhibiril].
Variants
- qazan tawuş eterge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 102