julduzu batarğa
/dʒulduzu batarʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
for one's star to set
Intended meaning
For a person's appointed hour of death to arrive; to be at the end of one's life.
- Seni julduzuŋ batmağandı, küymegendi, joldaş Osmanov.Your star has not set, has not burned out, comrade Osmanov.
- Jaralı ayıw talab, jayağın jırtıb, sanların uwathanda, Zawurbekni julduzu öçüldü degen edile.When the wounded bear mauled him, tearing his cheek and breaking his limbs, they said that Zaurbek's star had gone out.
Variants
- julduzu öçülürge
- julduzu tayarğa
- julduzu uçarğa
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary