sırtı qaltırarğa
/sɯrtɯ qaltɯrarʁa/
Literal translation
for one's back to tremble
Intended meaning
To be gripped by intense fear; to be badly frightened and thrown into confusion.
- Bıltır önküç alğanem da, alıqa qaytar demey turadı, alay, kim biledi, ber dep aytalla dep, alaytın ozsam, sırtım qaltıray öteme.Last year I took a loan, and he still hasn't asked for it back, but, who knows, they might say "pay up" — so whenever I pass that way, I go by with my back trembling.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 422