qanat biterge
/qanat biterɡe/
Literal translation
for wings to grow
Intended meaning
To be filled with joy and elation; also, to fill someone else with such joy.
- Sora orden alğansa. Allay zat jaşnatıwçudu, kirpildetiwçüdü adamnı, qanat bitgença boladı adam deydile."So you received an order. They say a thing like that makes a person shine and sparkle, that a person feels as if wings had grown on him."
- Teyri, munu bir ullu quwançı bolur! Ne ese da qanat bitgendi."By heaven, he must have some great joy! Somehow he has sprouted wings."
Variants
- qanat bitdirirge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 291
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 138