bet tükleri tururğa
/bet tykleri tururʁa/
Literal translation
for the hairs of the face to stand up
Intended meaning
To take on a menacing, furious expression; to bristle with anger.
- Ma bılayda Omarnı kölü toldu. Bet tükleri tura, eti bürçük-bürçük bola, kölü tolğan tılpıwu köküregin qısdı.Right then Omar was overcome. His face bristled with fury, his skin broke out in goosebumps, and the welling breath tightened his chest.
- Karakay jerinden sekirib turdu da, qayrı ese da qarab, erinin çaynadı. Bet tükleri qobdula.Karakay leapt up from his place, looked off somewhere, and chewed his lip. His face turned fierce.
Variants
- bet tükleri qobarğa
- bet tükleri çüyre bolurğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 118