teşik tapsa, jerge kirirça bolurğa

/teʃik tapsa, dʒerɡe kirirtʃa bolurʁa/

Literal translation

to be ready to go into the ground if one found a hole

To be overcome by acute embarrassment and left at a loss for what to do.

Elde içgiçidi, hawledi, ol [Harun] üy jaşawğa jarawlu tüyüldü degenlerinde, teşik tapsam, jer tübüne kirib keterça bolama, bilemise, – dep, Fatimat, qıza ketib, jilyap qaldı."When they say that in the village he is a drunk and a loafer, that he [Harun] is not fit for married life, I feel as if I could find a hole and sink into the ground, you know" — and with that Fatimat, flushing, burst into tears.

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