kesi kesin aşarğa
/kesi kesin aʃarʁa/
Literal translation
to eat oneself
Intended meaning
To be consumed by grief or worry, brooding and blaming oneself.
- Sabiylerin kesinden iskiltin etgenine qanı buzula, Muhtar, jüreginden tarala, kesi etin kesi aşay, guppuş bolub, başın eki qolu bla tutub, mugurayıb turadı.Sickened that his children had grown cold towards him, Mukhtar sits hunched and crushed, aching in his heart, eating himself up, holding his head in both hands.
Variants
- kesi etin kesi aşarğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 235