pategen quyğança, qabınırğa
/pateɡen qujʁantʃa, qabɯnɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to catch fire as though kerosene had been poured on
Intended meaning
To lose one's temper suddenly and violently.
- Kütü qızını alayda çibiji otda küe turğan jüregi, pategen quyğança, jaŋı küç bla qabındı.Kyutyu's daughter's heart, smouldering there in a pepper fire, blazed up with new force, as though kerosene had been poured on it.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 383