duniyanı artınmı körlükdü
/dunijanɯ artɯnmɯ kørlykdy/
Literal translation
is he going to see the end of the world
Intended meaning
Said rhetorically of someone who behaves as though they will never die and will go on living without end.
- Da keteme şaharğa, anası bergenni töksün, duniyanı artın bizmi körlükbüz... Jaşaw bla hayırlanıb qalırğa kerekdi, – dedi Quşjeter.Well, I'm off to the city; let him squander what his mother gave him — are we going to live forever? One has to get some good out of life, said Kushzheter.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 159