janı içinde bolub
/dʒanɯ itʃinde bolub/
Literal translation
one's soul being inside one
Intended meaning
Used to declare that one will not let something happen for as long as one is alive.
- Tohta, meni klassımdan da birlerin qıstap, Kerimge qoşarğamı? Janım içimde bolub, men ol zatnı unamam.Hold on — am I to drive some out of my own class as well and hand them over to Kerim? As long as I am alive, I will not agree to that.
- Şontuq tanığan adamla, janları içlerinde bolğan qadarda, allay zarawatlıqğa tözalmazlıqların aytdıla.The people who knew Shontuk said that, as long as they were alive, they could not put up with such an outrage.
Variants
- janı içinde bolğan qadarda
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 178