artına keterge
/artɯna keterɡe/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
to go to its back
Intended meaning
To begin to deteriorate; to take a turn for the worse.
- Ol aman qatından ayırılğanlay, bolğançığım suwğa quyulğança bolub, üyüm artına ketdi, – dedi Jantemir Qanamatha."Ever since I parted from that bad wife, the little I had was as if poured into water, and my household went downhill," Zhantemir said to Kanamat.
Literal translation
to go to its back
Intended meaning
To grow scarce; to diminish in quantity.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 53
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 38