olturur-turur jerin bilmezge
/olturur-turur dʒerin bilmezɡe/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
not to know one's sitting-and-standing place
Intended meaning
To be unable to contain oneself out of overwhelming joy.
- Birle, asırı quwanŋandan, olturur-turur jerlerin bilmey aylanadıla.Some go about unable to contain themselves for sheer joy.
Literal translation
not to know one's sitting-and-standing place
Intended meaning
To be helpless, left with no way out of one's plight.
- Anı [ınnanı] baş awruwu qozğalıb qaladı. Allay kününde ol üyde olturur-turur jer tapmay, amalsızğa qalıwçudu.Her [the grandmother's] headache flares up. On such a day, finding no place in the house to sit or stand, she is left helpless.
Variants
- olturur-turur jerin tapmazğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 373