köz jaşların sığarğa
/køz dʒaʃlarɯn sɯʁarʁa/
Literal translation
to wring out one's tears
Intended meaning
To cry and be sorrowful; to grieve.
- Bil-bilme nege dep jaşağanıŋı, Jaşaw bizge – bir bağa jetmez sawğa, Turğanda da kün jarıtıb janıŋı, Qalğanda da köz jaşlarıŋı sığa.Know or do not know what you have lived for — life is a gift to us beyond price: while you stand it lights your soul like the sun, and when you are left behind it wrings the tears from your eyes.
- Ölürse, köz jaşıŋı sığa. Bet, namıs a sawlay tururla!You will die weeping your tears. But honour and conscience will stay alive!
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 245