şaytan oqa soqdu da, otha atdı
/ʃajtan oqa soqdu da, otxa atdɯ/
Idiom · Proverb or saying
Literal translation
the devil wove gold braid and threw it into the fire
Intended meaning
Said of a skilled person who makes something excellent with great effort and then squanders or destroys it.
- Köb hayır da etedi, ne kelsin, alğan ahçasın, şaytan, oqa soqdu da, otha atdı degenley, erlay içedi da qoyadı.He earns plenty too, but what good is it — the money he takes in, as in 'the devil wove gold braid and threw it into the fire', he drinks up at once and that is the end of it.
Sources
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- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary