qurmanlıq kerekli qalırğa
/qurmanlɯq kerekli qalɯrʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to be left needing a sacrifice
Intended meaning
To come through a great misfortune or a near-fatal mishap unharmed.
- Sora ajaldan qalğandı da, ollahiy, qurmanlıq kerekli qalğandı.So he was spared death — by God, he had a narrow escape.
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary