tint-mint bolurğa
/tint-mint bolurʁa/
Intended meaning
To be thrown into confusion — unable to find anything to say or to decide what to do, and so to grow flustered and helpless.
- Adamla, qorqub, ne aytırğa bilmey, tint-mint boldula.The people, frightened and not knowing what to say, were at a complete loss.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 454
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 202
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 224