başına jaw bolurğa

/baʃɯna dʒaw bolurʁa/

Literal translation

to become an enemy to one's head

Intended meaning

Of a person's own wealth, property, or good qualities: to turn against them and become the cause of their misfortune.
  • Alay patçahlıqnı keziwünde bizni igiligibiz, adamlığıbız da başıbızğa jaw bolğandıla, – dedi Baldan."But in the time of the tsardom our goodness and our humanity too became our own undoing," said Baldan.
  • Bolsa da, joraçılanı baylıqları-biylikleri başlarına jaw bolğanlıqğa, Jorada jaşaw tohtab qalmadı.Even so, although the Zhorachi people's wealth and power became their own ruin, life in Zhora did not come to a halt.

Variants

  • başına djaw bolurğa

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