jüregi qatarğa
/dʒyreɡi qatarʁa/
Literal translation
for one's heart to harden
Intended meaning
To suffer great pain of the heart; to be deeply grieved or embittered.
- Bu ua men aşağan gırjınnı qızğana köreme da dep, açıwlanŋandan, jüregim qatıb, taşça boldu.Thinking that he begrudged me the bread I had eaten, I grew so angry that my heart hardened and turned to stone.
- Kişilikni kübe etgenley, alğa itinŋen bolsa da, qatı hallıraq halqım meni, jüregi qathan uğay, – bola keldi bütün da halalıraq.Though it pressed forward with manliness for its armour, my people, harder of temper, has not let its heart harden — it has only grown the more generous.
Variants
- jüregi taşça qatarğa
- jüregi taş kibik qatarğa
- jüregi qıynalırğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 212