üyün suw bla juwdururğa
/yjyn suw bla dʒuwdururʁa/
Literal translation
to have someone's house washed with water
Intended meaning
To strip a family of its prosperity, leaving them impoverished and their property damaged.
- Bılanı beri tahtandırıb, üyümü suw bla juwdurduŋ, – dep, gemmeşça, eki janına awa, üyden çıqdı [Qıyamıtnı qatını]."You settled them in here and ruined my household," said [Qıyamıt's wife], and she went out of the house, swaying from side to side like a buffalo.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 532