közlerin çıraq ierge
/køzlerin tʃɯraq ierɡe/
Literal translation
to send one's eyes as a lamp
Intended meaning
To keep one's gaze fixed on something without looking away.
- Jolowçu, awur soluy, biyağı qarampillege mudah közlerin çıraq iydi.The traveller, breathing heavily, once again fixed their sad eyes on the same carnations.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 251