töppesi bla qararğa
/tøppesi bla qararʁa/
Literal translation
to look with the crown of one's head
Intended meaning
To regard someone with sullen hostility, keeping the eyes lowered under knitted brows.
- Mırzabek, qaşların tüyüb, töppesi bla qarap, açıwlanıraq da bolub, aytdı.Myrzabek knitted his brows, glowered, grew angrier still, and spoke.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 445
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 198