kölü jer bla teŋ bolurğa
/køly dʒer bla teŋ bolurʁa/
Literal translation
for one's spirit to be level with the ground
Intended meaning
To be sad, dejected, low in spirits.
- Bügün Şawhalnı kölü jer bla teŋdi.Today Shaukhal is downcast.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 265