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...
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 106