atlı atı bla, itli iti bla
/atlɯ atɯ bla, itli iti bla/
Literal translation
the horseman with his horse, the dog-owner with his dog
Intended meaning
Of a whole community: to rise up and set out together, each with whatever he has, acting as one body.
- Ala [militsionerle] ayıw terini anı [Soltannı] üsünden sıdırğınçı, elden çabışıb, atlı atı bla, itli iti bla köb adam keldi.Before they [the policemen] could strip the bear-skin off him [Soltan], many people came running from the village, every one of them — the horseman with his horse, the dog-owner with his dog.
- Ol sen küsegen «qalğanla» atlı atı bla, itli iti bla saŋa qonaqğa ketgen uşay edile da!Those "others" you were longing for seem to have gone off to visit you all together, every last one of them!
Variants
- atlı atı bla, jayaw tayağı bla
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 60
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 32