galoşha oltururğa
/ɡaloʃxa oltururʁa/
Literal translation
to sit down in a galosh
Intended meaning
To be beaten by the others in a competition and end up last.
- Ahmat, ol sizni Malqardandı, köremise, rekordsmenleni galoşha olturthandı.Ahmat, that one is from your Balkaria, you see — he left the record-holders sitting in a galosh.
- Bu kvartalda birinçi zveno galoşha olturğandı, birsi ekisine horlathandı.This quarter the first team came in last; it lost to the other two.
Variants
- galoşha olturturğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 151
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 59