közü artına qararğa
/køzy artɯna qararʁa/
Literal translation
for one's eye to look behind one
Intended meaning
To be anxious and unsettled about something; to feel troubled and unable to be at peace.
- Rahay, ayıp etme sorğanıma, ne ese da artıq sağışlı körünese, közüŋ artıŋa qarağança.Rakhay, forgive me for asking, but you seem unusually preoccupied, as though your eye were looking back over your shoulder.
- Hajige, Aliyge da amanatların aytıb, közü artına qaray, Qonaq keçe ortasında elinden çıqdı.Having left his last instructions with Khadzhi and Aliy, uneasy at heart, Qonaq left his village in the middle of the night.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 253