burunun tarta qalırğa
/burunun tarta qalɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to be left sniffing one's nose
Intended meaning
To end up with nothing, getting no share of what one hoped for.
- Eşta da, munuça kiewlüklege men qızımı beralmam. Ol aman Soltan da burunun tarta qalır!No, I cannot give my daughter to suitors like this one. That wretched Soltan will be left with nothing!
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 148