jüregi toymazğa
/dʒyreɡi tojmazʁa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
for one's heart not to be sated
Intended meaning
To be unable to satisfy one's longing for someone or something, however much time one spends with them or looking at them.
- Ertteden beri körmegeni üçün bolur, qarındaşına qarap turğanlıqğa, jüregi toymaydı, tansığın alalmaydı.Probably because they had not seen him for so long, even though they kept looking at their brother, their heart was not sated, they could not get their fill of him.
Literal translation
for one's heart not to be sated
Intended meaning
To be filled with wonder at how beautiful something is.
- Taw suwğa qarap turğandan qaçan da jürek toymaydı.One never tires of gazing at a mountain river.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 214