başlı-tüblü bolurğa
/baʃlɯ-tybly bolurʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to become head-and-bottom
Intended meaning
To meet with misfortune, harm, or calamity; to fall into disaster.
- Alaylay uruş başlandı da, duniya başlı-tüblü boldu.Just then the war broke out, and the world was turned upside down.
Sources
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- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary