to bite one's lip to be surprised 1 realization
NEW Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Turkish
Lexeme 1 dudak ısırmak
Lexeme 2 dudağını ısırmak
Meaning 1 to bite one's lip

Kız dudağını ısırdı


A girl bit her lip

Direction
Meaning 2 to be surprised

Bu kararı duyunca ömründe ilk defa olarak sarardı, dudaklarını ısırdı


When he heard this decision, he turned pale for the first time, he was very surprised

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Comment

The source meaning of the expression is compositional, the target meaning is idiomatic, but another non-compositional meaning ('to admire') is present, so yhe direction of the shift is not evident