köz suwların tögerge
/køz suwlarɯn tøɡerɡe/
Literal translation
to pour out one's eye-waters
Intended meaning
To cry out of grief or distress.
- Jaşçığı, aç bolub, közüne qarasa, jüregi taqır bolub, köp zamannı köz suwların tökgendi.When his little boy, hungry, looked up into his eyes, his heart grew heavy and he wept for a long time.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 248
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), PDF page 132