başın enişge tutdururğa
/baʃɯn eniʃɡe tutdururʁa/
Literal translation
to make someone's head be held downward
Intended meaning
To make someone downcast or dejected.
- Qorqma, Sapiyat, men saw bolub, alanı [sabiyleni] başların enişge tutdurmam... Tabhan sağatda kerilib qalğanları igidi, – dedi Bazarbiy."Don't be afraid, Sapiyat, as long as I am alive I will not let their [the children's] heads be bowed... It is good that they stand tall while they can," said Bazarbiy.
- Horlathan jaşla [futbolda], başların enişge salındırıb, arığan ayaqların igi da kötüralmay, jerni sürkeb bara edile.The defeated boys [at football], with their heads hanging down, barely able to lift their tired legs, went dragging their feet along the ground.
Variants
- başın enişge tutarğa
- başın enişge ierge
- başın enişge salındırırğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 109