ölü gebenek kesin otha athanlay

/øly ɡebenek kesin otxa atxanlaj/

Literal translation

as a dying moth throws itself into the fire

Intended meaning

Of someone who throws themselves into a task far beyond their strength and is destroyed by it.
  • Ölür gebenek kesin otha athanlay, toŋuz juhuŋu sen, Germaniya, bizge uzathansa.Like a dying moth throwing itself into the fire, you, Germany, have stretched your pig's snout out toward us.
  • Bizni soldatlanı qollarından faşistleni juhları az qanamağandı, ala, ölür gebenek kesin otha athança, küreşedile, artları qalayğa tayanırığın a bilmeydile.The fascists' snouts have bled more than a little at the hands of our soldiers; they keep fighting like a dying moth throwing itself into the fire, with no idea where they will end up.

Variants

  • ölür gebenek kesin otha athanlay
  • ölü gebenek kesin otha athança
  • ölü gebenek kesin otha athan kibik
  • ölü gebenek kesin otha urğanlay
  • ölü gebenek kesin otha urğança
  • ölü gebenek kesin otha urğan kibik

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