janı tamağına tığılırğa
/dʒanɯ tamaʁɯna tɯʁɯlɯrʁa/
Literal translation
for one's soul to be crammed into one's throat
Intended meaning
To be overcome by intense fear and left helpless.
- Sen külgen etese, meni ua qorqğandan janım tamağıma jetgen edi.You are laughing, but as for me, I was beside myself with fear.
- Izımdan jetibmi qaldıla dep, Halit dorbunŋa biyikden-biyik örlegeni sayın, janı tabanına tigeley bara edi.Fearing they had caught up with him from behind, the higher Halit climbed toward the cave, the more terror drained the strength out of him.
Variants
- janı tabanına tigelerge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 180