obasından qurtlamı çöblerikdi
/obasɯndan qurtlamɯ tʃøblerikdi/
Idiom · Formula
Literal translation
will he pick the worms off his burial mound?
Intended meaning
Said rhetorically of someone from whom no benefit or good is to be expected.
- Sabiyle bolub a, obamdan qurtlamı çöplerikdile? Kesiŋi sawluğuŋ bolmasa, qatından, sabiyden kelligi da joq, – dedi Hamzat.And children — will they pick the worms off my grave-mound? If your own health fails you, nothing will come to you from a wife or from children either, said Hamzat.
Sources
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- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary