aşar aşı, içer suwu tawusulurğa
/aʃar aʃɯ, itʃer suwu tawusulurʁa/
Literal translation
for the food one is to eat and the water one is to drink to run out
Intended meaning
To reach the end of one's life; for one's appointed time to die to arrive.
- Ol duwa oquğanlağa qoşulmağanlanı arasında: «Allah, Allah, mında aşar aşıbız, içer suwubuz tawusuldu da...» – dep şıbırdağan awazla çığa edile.Among those who had not joined the people reciting the prayer, whispering voices arose: "Allah, Allah, the food we were to eat and the water we were to drink here have run out..."
Variants
- aşar gırjını, içer suwu tawusulurğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 78