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
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 164