eki eşigi jabılğan
/eki eʃiɡi dʒabɯlʁan/
Idiom
Literal translation
whose two doors are shut
Intended meaning
Said of a person who has fallen into great trouble or calamity and is left utterly ruined and without recourse.
- Ow, men harib, kim tutulğandı? Ah, eki eşigim jabılğan!..Oh, poor me, who has been taken? Ah, my two doors are shut!..
- Nawruzum! Aq atıŋı adej tartıb kelsele, Sen kirmegen eki eşigim tartılsın!My Nauruz! If they come leading your white horse by the halter, let my two doors, which you did not enter, be shut!
Variants
- eki eşigi quruğan
- eki eşigi tartılğan
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary