qum bla urğança
/qum bla urʁantʃa/
Idiom
Literal translation
as if struck with sand
Intended meaning
To carry off absolutely everything and leave nothing behind, plundering a household's goods, livestock or property.
- Ariw tazalab, juğun qoymay, bıla ua [aqla] ıstawatnı, qoşnu da, qum bla urğança, sibirib, dağıda közüŋe-başıŋa jetdirib ketedile.Cleaning it out thoroughly, leaving not a scrap of it, these ones [the Whites] sweep the cattle pen and the shepherds' camp as if a sandstorm had struck them, and on top of that they give it to your head and eyes before they go.
Sources
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- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary