jüregin jer bla teŋ eterge
/dʒyreɡin dʒer bla teŋ eterɡe/
Literal translation
to make someone's heart level with the ground
Intended meaning
To deeply wound or demoralize someone; to hurt them with words or treatment so that they are left grieving and broken.
- Biyçem bolumsuz işni üsünde apçıthanı jüregimi jer bla teŋ etdi.My mistress's harrying me over a trifling matter crushed my spirit.
- Alaydı, birewnü ojağından bilmey turğanlay quzğun qıçıradı da, jüregin jer bla teŋ etedi, başhasın a körmey ketedi.So it is: a raven cries out from someone's chimney when least expected, crushes his spirit, and flies off without seeing anything else.
Variants
- jüregin jerge suğarğa
Sources
Show sources
- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 216
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 100