araları bla qara kiştik ozarğa
/aralarɯ bla qara kiʃtik ozarʁa/
Literal translation
for a black cat to pass between them
Intended meaning
For a friendship to break down, so that two people turn cold toward each other and stop getting along.
- Siltesuwur bla Küldeökür da bir biri jağalarından tarthanların sabır etib, araları bla ötgen qara kiştikni artha qaytarğandıla.Siltesuuur and Kyuldeyokyur calmed down their grabbing at each other's collars and drove back the black cat that had passed between them.
- Allay halal teŋle bolub turub, endi arağız bla qara kiştikmi ozğandı?You were such generous friends — has a black cat now passed between you?
Variants
- araları bla qara kiştik öterge
- araları bla jilyan ozarğa
- araları bla jilyan öterge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 48
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 36