jüregi sarı suw bolurğa
/dʒyreɡi sarɯ suw bolurʁa/
Literal translation
for one's heart to turn to yellow water
Intended meaning
To lose all one's strength and waste away, whether from illness and weakness or from grief.
- Awbekir asırı köp awruğandan, jüregi sarı suw bolub, tügenib tohtağandı.Aubekir, from having been ill so long, was drained to the very heart and wasted away.
Variants
- jüregin sarı suw alırğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 213