jer tenterib
/dʒer tenterib/
Literal translation
making the earth reel
Intended meaning
Persistently and with all one's effort, describing someone who goes about hunting for something and will not give up.
- Ne qayğıları bar ese da, Mayılları jer tenterib aylanadıla.Whatever troubles they may have, the Mayıls go about searching high and low.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 195