jerni qırtişin qobarırğa

/dʒerni qɯrtiʃin qobarɯrʁa/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Literal translation

to tear up the turf of the earth

To carry something to an extreme, doing it without measure or restraint — especially weeping and lamenting.

Zawra da, Ölmez da, artharaqda süelib, kesi qıyını bla jaşağan adamları da tögereklerinden basınıb, qollarında qol jawluqları jibib, jerni qırtışin qobarıb jilyaydıla.Zaura and Yolmez, standing a little further back, with the people who lived by their own labour pressing in around them and the handkerchiefs in their hands soaked through, are weeping beyond all measure.

to tear up the turf of the earth

To be utterly helpless, driven to the end of one's resources.

Amalsız bolub, jerni qırtişin qobaradı jarlı sawsuz.Helpless, the poor sick man is at the end of his tether.

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