jüregi üşürge
/dʒyreɡi yʃyrɡe/
Literal translation
for one's heart to grow cold
Intended meaning
To lose all faith and hope — in life, or in another person — so that one no longer wants to go on living.
- Jawhar, ırıshığa batıb jaşağanlıqğa, jaşawunu qıymatsızlığın aŋılap, anı jaş jüregi üşüb, kesin quturğan suwğa athannı bla Aslanuqağa barğanını arasında başhalıqnı körmey edi.Although Jauhar lived steeped in wealth, having grasped the worthlessness of his life, his young heart grown cold, he saw no difference between throwing himself into the raging river and going to Aslanuqa.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 215
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 100