ot töbesi bolsun
/ot tøbesi bolsun/
Idiom · Formula · Curse
Literal translation
let it be a heap for the fire
Intended meaning
A curse wishing that something be destroyed and left good for nothing, and that harm come to its owner.
- Zulmuçula bla jağalaşmay, bizge kün tuwarıq bolmaz... Ot töbesi bolsun bıllay jaşaw, – dedi Jambot."No day will dawn for us unless we grapple with the oppressors... May a life like this burn up," said Zhambot.
- Ket, sütüŋ-başıŋ da ot töbesi bolsun![Hajibatyr, shoving Taybat with his foot:] Get out, and may your milk and all you have burn to nothing!
Sources
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- Akbaev 2007 · Phraseology of the Karachay-Balkar Language
- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary