eki közünden qarmalırğa
/eki køzynden qarmalɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to grope about from both eyes
Intended meaning
To lose one's sight completely.
- Mutay, eki közünden qarmalıb, üyden çıqmay tohtağanlı bölek zaman ozğan ese da... tatlı teŋim allıma alğınça ışara çığarıq sunama.Though a fair while has passed since Mutay went blind and stopped leaving the house... I still expect my dear friend to come out to meet me smiling as before.
- Pavel Korçagin, sanların da awruw qırqıb, eki közünden da tınŋan zamanda da, tilemegendi kişiden boluşluq.Even when illness had crippled his limbs and he had gone blind in both eyes, Pavel Korchagin asked help of no one.
Variants
- eki közünden tınarğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 511