başın qara tuman basarğa
/baʃɯn qara tuman basarʁa/
Literal translation
for a black fog to press down on one's head
Intended meaning
To be weighed down by heavy, painful thoughts whose sorrow does not let up.
- Mölehan söz nöger bolurğa küreşe edi, alay bolğanlıqğa Qanamatnı başın qara tuman basıb turğan bolmasa, bir söz qoşarğa da jüregi açıq bolmadı.Myolekhan was trying to keep up the conversation, but since a black fog lay over Qanamat's head, his heart was not open even to add a single word.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 107