burunundan qanı kelib
/burunundan qanɯ kelib/
Literal translation
with blood coming from one's nose
Intended meaning
Doing something with extreme, painful exertion and dogged persistence.
- Kesimikin burunumdan qanım kelib oquthanım azdı, endi munu da oquturğa kerekme, – dedi Berhan."It was not enough that I put my own through school by the sweat of my brow; now I have to school this one too," said Berkhan.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 149