taş kibik bolurğa
/taʃ kibik bolurʁa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
to become like a stone
Intended meaning
Of a thing: to become extremely hard or set firm.
- Tüz da qar erigenley, olsağatdan oquna qızıwluq jetedi, mayda jawunla bolmawçudula, jer terk oquna qatıb, taş kibik bolub qaladı.Right as the snow melts, the heat arrives at once; there are usually no rains in May, and the ground quickly dries out and turns hard as stone.
Literal translation
one's heart becomes like a stone
Intended meaning
Of a person's heart: to be pained or embittered, to suffer inwardly.
- Marziyatnı jüregi egeçine taş kibik boldu, aythan a juq da etmedi.Marziyat's heart ached over her sister, but she said nothing at all.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 435