murtçugu bolurğa
/murttʃuɡu bolurʁa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Intended meaning
To be left helpless with laughter, laughing so hard as to be almost at the point of death.
- Biz, köp külgenden, murtçugu bolurğa jetdik.We laughed so much that we were nearly finished off by it.
Intended meaning
To slaughter or destroy utterly, whether people or livestock.
- Qathan-temir, qılıçın suwurub, hannı askerine çaphan zamanda, qoylanı içine aslan kirgença, qırıb, murtçugu etedi.When Qathan-Temir drew his sword and charged the khan's army, he cut them down and made an end of them, like a lion that has got in among the sheep.
Variants
- murtçugu eterge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 357