türk abejige barırğa
/tyrk abedʒiɡe barɯrʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to go to the Turkish alphabet
Intended meaning
To thrash about helplessly out of desperation, with no other recourse left.
- Atamı janı üçün, bu barıwdan barıb tursaŋ, başha bolmay türk abejige barırsa.By my father's soul, if you keep going on like this, there will be nothing else for it — you will end up floundering in desperation.
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary