tuz qutuq bolurğa

/tuz qutuq bolurʁa/

Literal translation

to become a salt box

Intended meaning

To be worn down and left limp and spent by grief and long endurance.
  • Töze-töze, tuz qutuq bolduq. Endi ua barı da tatığan bolurla. Huju sanla qıynaladıla da tebireydile.Enduring and enduring, we have been worn out. By now everyone must have had a taste of it. Our wretched limbs ache and are beginning to give way.

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