bel bawun tartırğa

/bel bawun tartɯrʁa/

Literal translation

to tighten one's belt

To face hardship head-on and keep going through determined, strenuous effort rather than giving in to it.

Da ne eteyik, jaşım. Ölgenleni oba topuraqları jumuşaq bolsun, alay sawla ua bel bawların tartıb, jaşaw eterge kerekdile, – dedi Saladin."Well, what can we do, my son. May the grave earth of the dead be soft, but the living must tighten their belts and go on living," said Saladin.

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