sırtı bla qaytırğa
/sɯrtɯ bla qajtɯrʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to come back on one's back
Intended meaning
To meet a bad end; to die badly or violently instead of coming home alive.
- Gitler jaŋıladı, bizge ayaqları bla kelgen bizden sırtı bla qoraydı, – dep, Musa, mıyıqların bura, örge qopdu."Hitler is wrong: whoever came to us on their feet will leave us on their back," said Musa, twirling their mustache, and rose to their feet.
- Ayağı bla ketgen kelir, sırtı bla ketgen qaytmaz.The one who went off on their feet will come back; the one who went off on their back will not return.
Variants
- sırtı bla qorarğa
- sırtı bla keterge
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary