uçhun bolurğa
/utʃxun bolurʁa/
Literal translation
to become a spark
Intended meaning
To go white in the face and grow faint or weak, as from shock, fear, or illness.
- «O-o-u men jarlı!» – dep, ullu qıçırıb, beti uf deseŋ awarlay, aq uçhun bolub, sermep eki qolu bla qarınından tutdu.Crying out loudly, "Oh, poor me!", his face ready to collapse at a breath, gone white as a sheet, he suddenly clutched his belly with both hands.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 481