ölüb da qalsın
/ølyb da qalsɯn/
Idiom
Literal translation
let him even drop dead
Intended meaning
Said of the one thing a person loves or wants most of all — they would give anything for it.
- Jaşçıq atası bla qoşha barsın ansı, ölüb da qalsın.As long as the boy gets to go to the herding camp with his father, he would die for it.
Variants
- ölüb oquna da qalsın
Sources
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- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary