bir janın örge qalarğa
/bir dʒanɯn ørɡe qalarʁa/
Literal translation
to prop one side of it up
Intended meaning
Said jokingly and ironically of someone who is not going to contribute anything of value or improve matters at all.
- Sen da bılanı ua bek qatı saqlaysa, kolhoznu bir janın örge qaçan qalarıq eseŋ da!– And you guard them so very closely — as if you were ever going to prop up one side of the collective farm!
- Segizinçi klassla bla Mariyam Kuraevna kolhoznu bir janın örge kötüre turğanda, siz a, siz?While Mariyam Kurayevna and the eighth-graders were propping up one side of the collective farm, what about you, you?
Variants
- bir janın örge kötürürge
- bir janın örge süerge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 129