saqalı salınırğa

/saqalɯ salɯnɯrʁa/

Literal translation

for one's beard to droop

Of a man: to be overcome with sorrow or shame, so downcast that he cannot raise his eyes to anyone.

Mamağa [qızı qaçhanda] jürek darman keltiredile, tamata qarındaşnı saqalı salınıb qaladı, atanı közleri ua ot çaqdıra başlaydıla.They bring Mama heart medicine [when her daughter has eloped], the eldest brother's beard droops, and the father's eyes begin to throw sparks.

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