jünŋe tüşgen tawuqça
/dʒynŋe tyʃɡen tawuqtʃa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
like a hen that has fallen into wool
Intended meaning
Of a person whose hair and clothes are in disarray; shabby and untidy in appearance.
- Bu kelin nege uşaydı, jünŋe tüşgen tawuqça? – dep, tiyre qatınla anı sözün etdile."Who does this bride look like — a hen fallen into wool?" — so the women of the neighbourhood gossiped about her.
Literal translation
like a hen that has fallen into wool
Intended meaning
Bewildered and thrown into confusion, unable to collect oneself or decide what to do.
- Bislimat erini ölgenin eşitgende, jünŋe tüşgen tawuqça, abızırap, juq aytalmay qaldı.When Bislimat heard that her husband had died, she was left bewildered like a hen fallen into wool, unable to say a thing.
Variants
- jünŋe tüşgen tawuq kibik
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 210
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 96
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 106