töppesi kökge jeterge
/tøppesi køkɡe dʒeterɡe/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
for the crown of one's head to reach the sky
Intended meaning
To be filled with boundless joy; to be elated beyond measure.
- Hanipa, anı [telegrammanı] alğanda, asırı quwanŋandan, töppesi kökge jetgença boladı.When Khanipa received it [the telegram], she was so overjoyed that the top of her head all but reached the sky.
- Sen a poeziyanı aŋılay bilgen adamsa da, asırı quwanŋandan, töppeŋ kökge jeterikdi!You are someone who knows how to understand poetry, so you will be so overjoyed that the top of your head will reach the sky!
Literal translation
to make the crown of someone's head reach the sky
Intended meaning
To raise someone's standing without limit through praise; to extol a person extravagantly.
- Bizde allay bolsa edi [Yaponiyanı imperatoruça], qıralnı qıral etgen ol edi dep, anı töppesin kökge jetdirginçi mahtar edi.If we had such a man [like the Emperor of Japan], they would praise him until the top of his head reached the sky, saying that it was he who made the state a state.
Variants
- töppesi kökge jetgença bolurğa
- töppesi kökge jetdirirge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 445