bosağası qururğa
/bosaʁasɯ qururʁa/
Literal translation
for one's threshold to dry up
Intended meaning
For someone's household to be wiped out, leaving the family with nothing.
- Tayanır tawu oyuldu, kirir bosağası qurudu. Endi köp bolsun biçeniŋ, biçenni aşar malıŋ da.The mountain he leaned on has crumbled, the threshold he would walk through has dried up. Now may your hay be plentiful, and the livestock to eat it too.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 141