bir duniyası eki bolmazğa
/bir dunijasɯ eki bolmazʁa/
Literal translation
one's one world does not become two
Intended meaning
Said of the fact that a person has only one life to live, so one must act accordingly and not shrink from what it costs.
- Berhan, meni ozğunluğum, hawleligim bolsa, asmaqğa assınla. Meni bir duniyam eki bolluq tüyüldü, – dep, Sapiyat olsağat guzaba ızına çıqdı."Berkhan, if I have been wanton or loose, let them hang me. I have only one life and no second one," said Sapiyat, and at once went back out in agitation.
Variants
- bir duniyası eki kelmezge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 129