üyü quruğan
/yjy quruʁan/
Idiom · Formula · Exclamation
Literal translation
whose house has perished
Intended meaning
Said in amazement at what someone has done or at how something has turned out; an exclamation of surprise.
- «Ma bılayda eşik sallıqsa», – deydi. Kirit orunun iş da unutmaydı, üyü qurub qallıq."You'll hang the door right here," he says. The work does not forget the place for the lock either — astonishing.
Variants
- üyü qurumağan
- üyü qurub qallıq
Sources
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- Akbaev 2007 · Phraseology of the Karachay-Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary