jalından çığıb, otha kirirge
/dʒalɯndan tʃɯʁɯb, otxa kirirɡe/
Literal translation
to come out of the flame and enter the fire
Intended meaning
To escape one trouble only to fall into a far worse one.
- Jalından çığıb, jalın otha kirgença bolduq. Türkde jannet tababız dep, qara jahanimge tüşüb qaldıq.It was as if we had come out of the flame and walked into the blazing fire. Thinking we would find paradise in Turkey, we fell into black hell.
- Qayda ese da birde ırıshı, mülk izleybiz dep, jalından çığıb örtenŋe kirdik da.Looking for wealth and property somewhere or other, we came out of the flame and walked into the wildfire.
Variants
- jalından çığıb, örtenŋe kirirge
- jalından çığıb, jalın otha kirirge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 172
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 74
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 286