eşegi ölgen tawluça
/eʃeɡi ølɡen tawlutʃa/
Literal translation
like a highlander whose donkey has died
Intended meaning
Dejected and glum; going about with a hangdog, dispirited air.
- Hammaliy da alay, eşegi ölgen tawluça, mugurayıb turğanlay, avtobusdan bir kişi çıqdı.And Hammaliy too, just like that, glum as a highlander whose donkey has died, was standing there sulking when a man stepped off the bus.
- Oho, endi, eşegi ölgen tawlulay, mıkkıl bolub turma. Bir da qorqma, seni Zuhuraŋ tas bolmaz.All right now, don't go about hunched over like a highlander whose donkey has died. Don't be afraid at all — your Zukhura won't be lost.
Variants
- eşegi ölgen tawlulay
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 525
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 251