gurt tawuq kibik
/ɡurt tawuq kibik/
Literal translation
like a brooding hen
Intended meaning
Said of a person who has swelled up with indignation and is visibly furious.
- Bu keziwde Qayırbek keldi. Saniyatnı, gurt tawuq kibik, kesin köpdürüb, jaşını da tüp erini salınıb turğanın kördü.Just then Kayyrbek came in. He saw Saniyat bristling with anger, puffed up like a broody hen, and their son with his lower lip hanging down.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 153