başın kötürmezge

/baʃɯn køtyrmezɡe/

This expression has 4 meanings.

Literal translation

not to raise one's head

To be gloomy and dejected, neither smiling nor laughing.

Alay Valentina Pavlovna ne külmeydi, ne ışarmaydı, ne başın kötürmeydi.But Valentina Pavlovna neither laughs, nor smiles, nor raises her head.

not to raise one's head

To be so ashamed that one cannot look people in the face.

Teŋlerimden uyalama dep, Farizat erttenli beri başın örge kötürmey turadı, – dedi Hanifa."She is ashamed before her friends, and Farizat has not lifted her head since morning," said Hanifa.

not to raise one's head

To work ceaselessly without resting.

Çonay, açıwlanıb: «Köremise, işden başımı kötüralmay turğanımı?» – dedi.Chonay said angrily: "Don't you see that I cannot lift my head from work?"

not to raise one's head

Not to set oneself above others; to be free of arrogance.

İşni alay süymekligi, başın kötüre bilmegeni bla ol [Safarbiy] kesin şahtaçılağa, quruluşçulağa da bek süydürgendi.By such love of work and by never putting on airs, he [Safarbiy] endeared himself greatly to the miners and the builders.

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