jürek jawun aşarğa

/dʒyrek dʒawun aʃarʁa/

Literal translation

to eat someone's heart fat

Intended meaning

To cause someone deep, unrelenting distress, giving them no peace and wearing them down inwardly.
  • Erke sözleriŋ, ala közleriŋ Jürek jawumu aşayla…Your tender words, those hazel eyes of yours — they eat away at my heart…
  • Ekisi da jürek jawumu aşab boşadıla.The two of them have eaten my heart away entirely.

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