kesine jer tapmazğa
/kesine dʒer tapmazʁa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
to find no place for oneself
Intended meaning
To be unable to settle down from worry or distress; to be at one's wits' end.
- Musa, kerti oquna aŋa juq bolğan sunub, kesine jer tapmaydı.Musa, truly thinking that something had happened to them, can find no peace.
- Tınçlığıŋ ketgenni awazıŋdan aŋılaydı, jarsıydı, kesine olturur jer tapmaydı.She understands from your voice that your peace of mind is gone; she grieves, and can find no place to sit still.
Literal translation
to find no place for oneself
Intended meaning
To be so angry or upset that one no longer knows what to say or do.
- Bıllay betsizlikni ua kim aytıb eşitgendi?... – dep, Jambot kesi kesine jer tapmaydı."Who has ever heard tell of such shamelessness?..." — saying this, Jambot is beside himself.
- Ala Aqlima aŋılamağan orus tilde söleşgenleri da açıw tiyib, ol kesine jer tabalmay edi.Stung too by their speaking in Russian, which Aklima did not understand, they could find no place for themselves.
Variants
- kesine olturur jer tapmazğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 238