barmağın qabarğa
/barmaʁɯn qabarʁa/
Literal translation
to bite one's finger
Intended meaning
To be helplessly confounded, not knowing what to do next.
- Egeçini kelmezligin eşitgende, qarındaşı barmağın qapdı, armaw boldu.When he heard that his sister would not be coming, her brother bit his finger and was left helpless.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 91