tuzğa tüşgen qurt kibik

/tuzʁa tyʃɡen qurt kibik/

Literal translation

like a worm fallen into salt

Intended meaning

Helpless and in agony, caught in a situation with no way out.
  • Efendi ua Biybertni kelirin, tuzğa tüşgen qurtça, adırgı etib saqlaydı.The efendi, meanwhile, waits fretfully for Biybert to come, like a worm dropped into salt.

Variants

  • tuzğa tüşgen qurtça
  • tuzğa tüşgen qurtlay

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