duniya keziwdü
/dunija keziwdy/
Literal translation
it is the world's turn
Intended meaning
Said of the changeableness of fortune: nothing stays good or bad forever, and everyone's turn comes round.
- Da ne eterikse, duniya keziwdü. Kimni artı, kimni allımı dewçüdüle?Well, what can you do, life takes its turns. Don't they say: who is last, who is first?
- Ömürde da terekni başın, tübün da birew aşap turmağandı, duniya keziwdü, – dedi Musa.Never has one and the same person eaten both the top and the bottom of the tree; life takes its turns, said Musa.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 157