jerge kirlik bolurğa
/dʒerɡe kirlik bolurʁa/
Literal translation
to be about to go into the ground
Intended meaning
To be overcome with shame or embarrassment; to be so abashed that one wants to disappear.
- Jannet, uyalğandan jerge kirlik bolub, qaçar umut etdi.Jannet, ready to sink into the ground from shame, thought of running away.
- Jawhar, uyalıb, jerge kirlik boldu.Jauhar, ashamed, was ready to sink into the ground.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 196
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 89