tajalnı jawurluğuça
/tadʒalnɯ dʒawurluʁutʃa/
Idiom
Literal translation
like Tajal's (the Antichrist's) saddle-sore
Intended meaning
Serving as the plainest, most extreme example of destitution; wretchedly poor.
- Kişt, hujuluq! Juwurğannı sökdü da iydi. Tajalnı jawurluğuça, har kün sayın jamabmı turluqma men munu?Shoo, you wretch! It has gone and torn the quilt apart. Am I to patch this thing every single day, like Tajal's saddle-sore?
Sources
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- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary