töşge tayanırğa

/tøʃɡe tajanɯrʁa/

Literal translation

to lean on the breast (hill slope)

To fall back on a useless or hopeless recourse out of helplessness, once every other means has been exhausted.

Sürgünde qıyın jerlege tüşgen tawlula töşge tayanŋan edile.The highlanders who ended up in harsh places during the deportation had to fall back on what could give them nothing.

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