qoşha kirgen itça

/qoʃxa kirɡen ittʃa/

Literal translation

like a dog that has come into the herders' camp

To be flustered and shrink into oneself out of shame or embarrassment.

Ollahiy, bu jaş, bılay keleme dep, qoşha kirgen itça, junçub aylanmay, ol er kişile barğan jerge barsa ne boladı?By God, what would it cost if this lad, instead of going about flustered like a dog that has slipped into the herders' camp, just said "here I come" and went where those grown men have gone?

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