közü-başı tögerek aylanırğa
/køzy-baʃɯ tøɡerek ajlanɯrʁa/
Literal translation
for one's eyes and head to go round
Intended meaning
To grow faint and giddy, losing control of oneself as one's sight blurs.
- Enişge qarasam, çerekni alay suhu, oğursuz barğanından közüm-başım tögerek aylanadıla.When I look down, the river runs so fast and so fierce that my head swims.
- Quruluşha barsam, qayda – suwuq, qayda – issi. Tarzan desele da, biyikde közüm-başım teli aylanadı.When I go to the building site, it is cold in one spot and hot in another. Though they call me Tarzan, up high my head swims.
Variants
- közü-başı teli aylanırğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 253