qara jerge bathan
/qara dʒerɡe batxan/
Idiom
Literal translation
sunk into the black earth
Intended meaning
One who has died; a deceased person.
- Bolur munu saqlab turğan anası, Bolur munu qatını em balası, Sezmeydile qara jerge bathanın, Bilmeydile bu talada jathanın.Somewhere a mother may be waiting for them, a wife and a child may be waiting too; they do not sense that the one they wait for has sunk into the black earth, they do not know that they lie out in this glade.
Sources
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- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary