es taşlarğa
/es taʃlarʁa/
Literal translation
to cast away one's senses
Intended meaning
To lose heart and grow listless, or to be left at a loss for what to do.
- Es taşlarğa, jaşawdan tüŋülürge, umut üzerge, aman jora eterge jaramaydı.One must not lose heart, despair of life, give up hope, or expect the worst.
- Kitabı çıqğandan sora ua, beti-qutu da ketib, Alanŋa tübegendi: – Ne bolğandı, ne es taşlağansa?After his book came out, though, all the colour gone from his face, he met Alan: "What has happened, why have you lost heart so?"
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 520
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 249