öre otları janmazğa
/øre otlarɯ dʒanmazʁa/
Literal translation
their upright fires not to burn
Intended meaning
Of two people, especially a married couple, to fail to live in harmony and understanding with one another.
- Köp turmay ala [Nanüh bla İştibar] ekisi da bir üy bolğandıla, alay bolğanlıqğa alanı öre otları janmağandı.Before long the two of them [Nanyukh and Ishtibar] set up a single household, but for all that their fires never burned together.
- Andan beri bir-eki jıl da boldu. Bügün da sen-men dep jaşayalmaydıla, öre otları janmaydı.A year or two have gone by since then. Even now they cannot live without squabbling; their fires do not burn.
Variants
- ölür otları janmazğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 167