başında qazan qaynarğa

/baʃɯnda qazan qajnarʁa/

Literal translation

for a cauldron to boil in one's head

Intended meaning

To be consumed by anxious thoughts; to suffer from relentless worrying.
  • Asırı köb sağışdan, başında qazan qaynab, ayağı bashannı közü tanımay, Sapiyat arbazına kirdi.From too much brooding, her head boiling like a cauldron, not even seeing the ground under her feet, Sapiyat entered her yard.
  • «Endi, kesi [Baldan] ırazı bolub turğanlay, süyregen haparnı halqğa subaylıqğa kesleri çığarğan bolurla», – dep sağışlanıb, Hasannı başında qazan qaynaydı."So now, while she [Baldan] herself was content, they must have spread the abduction story among the people to make themselves look good" – thinking this, Hasan's head was boiling like a cauldron.

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