jer tırnarğa
/dʒer tɯrnarʁa/
Literal translation
to scratch the earth
Intended meaning
To exert oneself desperately and still be left powerless, at one's wits' end.
- Tögeregime aylandım, jer tırnadım, qarmadım, awruğanŋa ua boluşalmadım.I turned all about me, I clawed at the ground, I groped around, but I could not help the sick one.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 195