soqur ırıshı
/soqur ɯrɯsxɯ/
Idiom
Literal translation
blind wealth
Intended meaning
Wealth that falls to someone unexpectedly, without their own labor behind it.
- Sen [Bazarbiy], ma bılay ete kelib, soqur ırıshığa batama dep, boğurdağıŋa deri qara batmaqğa bathınçı, tohtarıq tüyül ediŋ, – dedi Sapiyat.You, [Bazarbiy], going on like this, saying "I am sinking into easy riches", would not have stopped until you had sunk up to your throat in black mire, — said Sapiyat.
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary