buz jawğança
/buz dʒawʁantʃa/
Literal translation
as if hail were falling
Intended meaning
To come down rapidly and without let-up, in a dense unceasing stream — said of bullets, blows and the like.
- Oqla, buz jawğança, adamnı başın kötürürge oŋ bermeydile.The bullets, coming down like hail, give a person no chance to lift their head.
- Bombala, top oqla atılıb, jerni titiretedile, uşkok, avtomat oqla buz urğança quyuladıla.Bombs and artillery shells burst and set the earth trembling; rifle and machine-gun bullets pour down as if hail were striking.
Variants
- buz urğança quyulurğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 145