başı qalğan jerge
/baʃɯ qalʁan dʒerɡe/
Literal translation
to the place where one's head is left
Intended meaning
To anywhere at all, with no particular destination in mind.
- Açağa açıwlanıb, quş, abadan tawuş etib, qanatı bla silkgeninde, bir qawumu jerge quyuldu, qalğan bölegi da başı qalğan jerge uçub, jalladıla.Angered at the greedy one, the eagle gave a great cry, and when it shook itself with its wings, part of them spilled to the ground, and the rest flew off wherever they might and were gone.
Variants
- başı qalğan djerge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 102
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 62