eki otnu arasına tüşerge
/eki otnu arasɯna tyʃerɡe/
Literal translation
to fall between two fires
Intended meaning
To be tormented by being trapped between two misfortunes, with no good way out of either.
- Eki otnu arasına tüşüb turğan Zawranı awazı da bir kesek türlendi.The voice of Zaura, who had been caught between two fires, changed a little too.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 513