beti jetmezge

/beti dʒetmezɡe/

Literal translation

for one's face not to reach

Intended meaning

To feel too ashamed or embarrassed to do something; to lack the nerve to say or do it.
  • Tişirıwla meni nögerlerimden ençi sıylar umut etgenlerinde, unamadım. Nögerlerimden başha aşarğa betim jetmedi.When the women expected special honours for me apart from my companions, I refused. I was too ashamed to eat differently from my companions.
  • Ne ençi sözümü da ayta edim, anı onowun tersge sanab, ol djol awuzuna urğança etgenme da, endi bolumnu aytırğa betim djetmeydi.I used to speak my own mind too, and since I judged his advice wrong and that time as good as struck him in the mouth, now I am too ashamed to state the situation.

Variants

  • beti joyulurğa
  • beti djetmezge

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