ölü gebenegin atarğa
/øly ɡebeneɡin atarʁa/
Literal translation
to throw one's death cloak
Intended meaning
To put every last bit of one's strength into something, throwing oneself at it headlong.
- Tutmaqda qızıl partizanlanı bir qawumundan qalğanları, qaçıb, ağaç içine ölü gebeneklerin atdıla.Those left of one group of the Red partisans in prison escaped and flung themselves with all their might into the forest.
Variants
- ölü gebenegin bir jarı atarğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 164