belin qatı qısarğa

/belin qatɯ qɯsarʁa/

This expression has 3 meanings.

Literal translation

to tighten one's belt hard

To stand firm in adversity without faltering or being overcome.

Qabırladan ketib bara, Zaramuq İslamğa aytdı: «Atası ölgen jaş belin qatı qısadı. Hayt de. Qıyınlığıŋ köbdü boynuŋda».As they were leaving the graveyard, Zaramuk said to Islam: "A lad whose father has died girds himself tightly. Take heart. You have many hardships on your shoulders."

to tighten one's belt hard

To go short of food and drink; to live in want.

Ullula bellerin qatı tartsala da, sabiyle ua sütsüz keçinalmaydıla.Even though the grown-ups tighten their belts, the children cannot get by without milk.

to tighten one's belt hard

To make one's living by working hard and doggedly.

Sen, tawda birinçi işiŋ mal bolğanın alaydan bilib, arıqğa qatıq kerek dep, belni qatı qısıb, hayt derge küreş ansı, bir qolğa eki harbız sıyınmaydı.Knowing from that that in the mountains your first business is livestock, and that a lean man needs something to eat with his bread, try to gird yourself tightly and buckle down — two melons will not fit in one hand.

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