suw ağarthan
/suw aʁartxan/
Idiom
Literal translation
what whitened the water
Intended meaning
Thin ayran so diluted that it is mostly water.
- Duniya başı tübüne bolğanda, ne başına, ne tübüne tüşmey da qalay qalalğın? – Qazaq turub, suw ağarthan içdi."When the world turns upside down, how can you stay put, falling neither on top of it nor under it?" – Kazak got up and drank the watery ayran.
Sources
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- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary