başın qabır qaŋağa tüerge

/baʃɯn qabɯr qaŋaʁa tyerɡe/

Literal translation

to beat one's head against the grave board

Intended meaning

Of a dead person: to be displeased and tormented in the afterlife by something the living have done.
  • Alaysız da, jarlı kününe, ol bügün başın qabır qaŋasına tüe bolur...As it is, poor soul, he must be beating his head against his grave board today...

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