başına çabarğa
/baʃɯna tʃabarʁa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
to run to one's head
Intended meaning
To lose one's temper very easily and at once; to be quick to anger.
- Ordan, temirçi da, uwçu da bolğanlıqğa, başına jeŋil çabhan adam edi.Ordan, though he was both a blacksmith and a hunter, was a man who flew into a rage easily.
Literal translation
to run to one's head
Intended meaning
Of alcohol: to take effect quickly on someone, making them drunk fast.
- Murat bla esleb söleş, içgeni başına çabıwçudu, sözüŋü aŋılamaz.Speak carefully with Murat — drink goes straight to his head, and he will not understand what you say.
Variants
- başına jeŋil çabarğa
- başına terk çabarğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 113