jaşaw jolun tawusurğa
/dʒaʃaw dʒolun tawusurʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to finish one's road of life
Intended meaning
To reach the end of one's life; to die.
- Tört da sovet soldatnı jaşaw jolları alayda tawusulğan edi.All four Soviet soldiers came to the end of their lives there.
- Bu öhtem peliwannı, Miŋi tawnu, başına örleyme dep, jaşaw jolun tawushan kim bolur? – dep soruwçudula beri birinçi kelgenle."Who might it be that met their end trying to climb to the summit of this proud giant, Mount Elbrus?" – those who come here for the first time ask.
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary