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