beriden arı juwuq bolurğa
/beriden arɯ dʒuwuq bolurʁa/
Literal translation
to be closer to the far side than to the near side
Intended meaning
To have grown old, with one's death drawing near.
- Hayt degiz, jaşım. Men endi beriden arı juwuq bolsam da, seniçalanı arqalarına ua aytıb-aytmazça awur jük salınŋandı."Take heart, my son. Though my own end is now near, on the backs of those like you an unspeakably heavy burden has been laid."
- Tişirıw jarsıy edi: «Endi men beriden arı juwuq bolğanma.»The woman was grieving: "Now I am close to the end of my days."
Variants
- beriden ese arı juwuq bolurğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 116