ölü juqusu eterik

/øly dʒuqusu eterik/

Literal translation

one who will sleep the sleep of the dead

Intended meaning

Said in reproach to someone who sleeps so heavily that they cannot be roused.
  • Saŋa aytama da, eşitemise? Ne ölü juqusu etdiŋ, içgen eslep, mardasında içe edi. Qaydağıŋı bilmey, sen ölübmü qalğansa? – dep qıçıralğanın qıçırdı."I'm talking to you — do you hear me? What a dead man's sleep you've slept! A man who drinks keeps his wits and drinks within his measure. We don't know where you are — have you gone and died on us?" she shouted with all the voice she had.
  • Sawmusa, ölü juqu eterik, bılay qatı qalay juqlaysa?! – dep, eşigin qağıb tebiredi."Are you alive in there, you who sleep the sleep of the dead — how can you sleep so soundly?!" she said, and began banging on the door.

Variants

  • ölü juqusu etdiŋ

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