qaşların tüerge
/qaʃlarɯn tyerɡe/
Literal translation
to knit one's brows
Intended meaning
To take on a grim, hostile expression and look at someone with anger or disapproval.
- Alay buhar börklü başın-qaşın tüydü da, jaş eşikge çıqdı.But the man in the Bukhara hat scowled, and the young man went out.
- Zavodnu iesi, Födor, Mazannı kesinden ayırmay, bir zatha üyrenŋe edi dep küreşgenin jaratmay, qaşın-başın tüe aylanıwçu edi.The factory's owner, Fyodor, disliking that he kept Mazan at his side and laboured to teach him something, used to go about with a scowl on his face.
Variants
- qaşın-başın tüerge
- qaşları tüyülürge
- qaşların tüyümçek eterge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 311
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 148