tars dep atılsın
/tars dep atɯlsɯn/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
let him burst with a bang
Intended meaning
A curse wishing that someone perish.
- Jüregi ua alay jarılğı edi alay da, otda jumurtha atılğanlay, tars dep eki atılğı edi.Would that his heart might burst like that — better still, that it might burst in two with a bang, like an egg in the fire.
Literal translation
let him burst with a bang
Intended meaning
To be consumed with burning anger and torment; also used to wish such rage on someone.
- Aman buzulub qanı, Aslan tars dep atılad.His blood gone badly bad, Aslan bursts with rage.
Variants
- tars dep eki atılsın
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 431