köz jaşların tawusurğa
/køz dʒaʃlarɯn tawusurʁa/
Literal translation
to use up the tears of one's eyes
Intended meaning
To weep so much that one is drained and can weep no more.
- Buşuwlu qağıt alğan anala köz jaşların tawusub boşağandıla.The mothers who had received the death notice had wept until they had no tears left.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 245