eşek mıyısı aşarğa
/eʃek mɯjɯsɯ aʃarʁa/
Literal translation
to eat donkey's brain
Intended meaning
To become foolish or dim-witted; to behave senselessly.
- Qaladı, qaladı dep turmay, alıb ket degenimi aŋılamaymısa?! Sen eşek mıyısı aşağan bolursa.Instead of going on about it being left behind, don't you understand that I told you to take it away?! You must have eaten donkey's brain.
- «Saŋa alay kerek edi, eşek mıyısı aşağan suwburunbet», – deydi."That's just what you deserved, you brainless slob who ate donkey's brain," he says.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 526