kölüne tierge

/kølyne tierɡe/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Literal translation

to touch someone's heart

Intended meaning

To wound or offend a person emotionally; to cause someone inward pain.
  • Tatlı teŋim meni toyğa çaqırdı. Barmay qalsam, kölüne tierigin bilib, uğay demedim.My dear friend invited me to the wedding. Knowing that it would hurt them if I stayed away, I did not refuse.
  • Sermeşlede batırlıqnı körgüzte, soluğan keziwçüklede zamannı külkü bla, şuyohluqda, adamnı kölüne tiymegen laqırda bla aşıra, Deppuev polkun Germaniyanı jerine kiyiredi.Showing bravery in the battles, and passing the moments of rest with laughter, with comradeship, with jokes that hurt nobody's feelings, Deppuev leads his regiment into the land of Germany.

Literal translation

to touch one's appetite

Intended meaning

Of food: to become so cloying or surfeiting that one loses all desire to eat it.

Variants

  • kölüne küç tierge (karachay)

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