kirpi qorquw
/kirpi qorquw/
Literal translation
hedgehog fear
Intended meaning
Fear so sharp that it sets one trembling; a fit of terror that brings on the shivers.
- Biymurza qaya tübüne taşayğanlay, betjan taşlanı tübüne qısılğanla, kirpi qorquw ketgenden sora, başların çığarıb, tört janlarına qarap, taşlanı artına keslerin jıyalğanlarına köre, joppu bolub, qısıldıla.As soon as Biymurza vanished below the cliff, those who had pressed themselves flat under the rocks — once the shuddering fear had passed — stuck their heads out, looked in all four directions, and, seeing that they could gather behind the stones, crowded together in a huddle.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 273