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.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 219
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 107