amalnı taqalğa jalğab
/amalnɯ taqalʁa dʒalʁab/
Literal translation
splicing the means onto the makeshift
Intended meaning
To get by in poverty, struggling to make ends meet by any means available.
- Men birin birine jetdirib, quraşdırıb, amalnı taqalğa jalğab jaşarğa küreşgenim bir qawumlanı közlerine qan tamızadı, – dedi Bazarbiy."That I struggle to make one end meet the other, patching things together and scraping by, makes some people's eyes bleed," said Bazarbiy.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 39