üyüne suw quyğanlay bolurğa
/yjyne suw qujʁanlaj bolurʁa/
Literal translation
to be as if water had been poured into one's house
Intended meaning
To be overcome with sorrow and dejection, or to cast someone into such sorrow.
- Jolda qıznı öltürüb keltirgen sunub, üylerine suw quyğanlay boldula.Thinking that the girl had been killed on the road and brought home, they were plunged into grief.
- Mamır üynü suw quyğança etmeyik, Habiy, – dedi ol."Let us not bring grief upon a peaceful household, Habiy," he said.
Variants
- üyüne suw quyğanlay eterge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 533