beti keterge
/beti keterɡe/
Literal translation
for one's face to go away
Intended meaning
To go pale and lose all color, especially out of sudden fear or shock.
- Kerim, betiŋ da ketdi. İtdenmi qorqduŋ?– Kerim, you've gone pale. Were you frightened by the dog?
- Ne bolğandı, Ayşat, jarlı, betiŋ-qutuŋ nek ketgendi? Awruğanıŋmı bardı?– What has happened, poor Ayshat, why have you gone so pale? Are you ill?
Variants
- beti-qutu keterge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 120
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), PDF page 68