jartı jolda qoyarğa
/dʒartɯ dʒolda qojarʁa/
Literal translation
to leave on the half road
Intended meaning
To abandon something partway through without completing it.
- Ol teli ua [Halim] toğuzunçu klassnı jartı jolda qoyğandı.And that fool [Halim] dropped out of the ninth grade halfway through.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 187