mıyığın jibitirge
/mɯjɯʁɯn dʒibitirɡe/
Literal translation
to soak one's moustache
Intended meaning
Of a man: to cry very hard, to sob uncontrollably.
- «Teŋlerine kişile mıyıqların jibitginçi jilyadıla», – deydi bizni qonşubuz."The men wept for their comrades until they had soaked their moustaches," our neighbour says.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 358