ayağı – ow, başı – şaw
/ajaʁɯ – ow, baʃɯ – ʃaw/
Literal translation
his foot — 'oh', his head — 'bad'
Intended meaning
To have one's affairs go badly; to be in a wretched, hopeless state.
- Ayağım – ow, başım şaw bolğandı, sizni barığıznı da betigizge qarab, jetgen qıyınlığımı aytıb, siz bir onow etermisiz dep, çaqırğanma.Things have gone badly for me, so I have called you together, to look each of you in the face, tell you the trouble that has come upon me, and ask whether you might find some counsel.
Variants
- ayağı – ow, başı – şaw bolurğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 80