qulaqların jumarğa
/qulaqlarɯn dʒumarʁa/
Literal translation
to close its ears
Intended meaning
Of an animal: to take on a menacing, ill-tempered manner, with the ears flattened back.
- Ol zamanda eşek, qulaqların da jumub, üsüne aylanŋanı Boynaqnı esindedi.Boynak still remembers how the donkey then laid its ears back and turned on him.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 336