bolmazdan qalsa
/bolmazdan qalsa/
Literal translation
if it comes to not being
Intended meaning
Marks the smallest or most modest case one is prepared to consider or accept; at a minimum, if nothing else, if it comes to that.
- Bolmazdan qalsa, biz da alağa [atlılağa] nögerbiz, – dedi atlıladan biri."If it comes to that, we too will go along with them [the riders]," said one of the riders.
- İşleri bolmazdan qalğanda ua, boluşluqğa samolötların çaqıradıla faşistle.And when their affairs go badly at all, the fascists call in their planes for help.
Variants
- bolmazdan qalğanda
- bolmay qalğanda
- bolmaz qalsa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 139