burununa buz tığılırğa
/burununa buz tɯʁɯlɯrʁa/
Literal translation
for ice to get stuck in one's nose
Intended meaning
To find no way out of a situation and be left powerless.
- Tap, kolhoz maşinanı berse da, iş asırı köpden, burunubuzğa buz tığılıb aylanabız.True, the collective farm did give us the machine, but there is so much work that we go about at our wits' end.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 148