jüregin awrutmazğa
/dʒyreɡin awrutmazʁa/
Literal translation
not to make one's heart ache
Intended meaning
To avoid causing someone distress or emotional pain; to spare another person's feelings.
- Qatınım bu eldendi da, anı jüregin awrutmayım dep, mında tohtaşıb qalğanma.My wife is from this village, and so as not to hurt her feelings, I settled down here.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 215