boyununa artmaq atarğa
/bojununa artmaq atarʁa/
Literal translation
to throw a saddlebag over one's neck
Intended meaning
To be reduced to begging, going from place to place asking for charity.
- Anaŋdan saŋa ol [Azinat] bağalı ese, anı bla tur. Men a boyunuma artmaq atıb, el qıdırıb keterikme.If she — Azinat — is dearer to you than your own mother, then stay with her. As for me, I will sling a saddlebag over my neck and go wandering from village to village.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 143