awruğannı jastığında saw ölür
/awruʁannɯ dʒastɯʁɯnda saw ølyr/
Proverb or saying
Literal translation
the healthy one will die at the sick one's pillow
Intended meaning
No one knows when they will die: the seemingly healthy may go before the gravely ill.
- Awruğannı jastığında saw ölür dep eşitgenmise? Kimni ölürü, kimni qalırı – ol bizni qolubuzda tüyüldü."Haven't you heard that the healthy one dies at the sick one's pillow? Who dies and who lives is not in our hands."
Variants
- awruğannı töşeginde saw ölür
- jarlını jastığında saw ölür
Sources
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- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary