tişi ışarırğa
/tiʃi ɯʃarɯrʁa/
Literal translation
for one's teeth to smile
Intended meaning
To break into a smile; to let one's face light up with cheer.
- Men Nawruzğa bılay mudah nekdi, bir tişi-başı ışarmay, qızı erge ketgenine qıynala bolur dep turğanma.I kept wondering why Nauruz was so downcast, never once cracking a smile, and thought they must be grieving that their daughter had married and gone.
- Ölgen köp bolğanlı, mollala bla bayla bolmasa, tişi ışarğan adam joqdu.Since the dead became so many, apart from the mullahs and the rich there is not a soul who smiles.
Variants
- tişi-başı ışarırğa
- tişlerin ışartırğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 455