temir bet alırğa

/temir bet alɯrʁa/

Literal translation

to take on an iron face

To fly into a rage, one's face darkening and setting into a grim, menacing look.

Bir kün Zawur bla meni ştabnı naçalnigi kesine çaqırıb söleşe turğanlay, uwdan qaythan Akka üsübüzge kirib keldi. Temir qan alıbdı.One day, while the chief of staff had called Zaur and me in and was talking with us, Akka, back from the hunt, walked in on us. He was livid with rage.
Biyağında qızarıb turğan beti kögerib, temir qan alıb, erinleri qaltıray, Aydemirge jeterge mıllıgın athan skladçını tutub, bir janına tartırğa küreşdile.His once-flushed face going dark, rigid with fury, his lips trembling — they caught the storeman as he lunged to get at Aidemir and struggled to drag him aside.

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