quru jurtha qararğa
/quru dʒurtxa qararʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to look at a bare homestead
Intended meaning
To lose all one's livestock and possessions and be left with nothing at all.
- Biz busağatda, bılayda olturub uşaq ete turğunçu, kommunistle, örleb kelib, ıstawatlanı sürüb ketib, quru jurtha qarab qalırbızmı?While we sit here chatting, are the communists going to come up, drive off our sheepfolds, and leave us with nothing?
- Qaçan bolsa da, quçaq jayib, tırnaqlab jıyğan mülküŋ seni quru jurtha qaratıb qoyar.Sooner or later that property of yours, gathered in armfuls and scraped together by the nails, will leave you with nothing.
Variants
- quru jurtha qaratırğa
- quru jurtha tayandırırğa (Karachay)
- quru jurtha qalırğa
- quru jurtha kelirge
Sources
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- Akbaev 2007 · Phraseology of the Karachay-Balkar Language
- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary