jawurluğu sırtından ketmegen
/dʒawurluʁu sɯrtɯndan ketmeɡen/
Literal translation
whose saddle-sore never leaves his back
Intended meaning
Said of someone who has lived a lifetime of hardship and unending labour, and is poor.
- Aslanuqa Biysoltannı jaşı bla qızı, ömürde jawurluğu sırtından ketmegen Jumay köp qanın buzğanların esine tüşürdü.Aslanuqa recalled how much grief Biysoltan's son and daughter had caused Jumay, who had never in his life been free of toil.
Variants
- jawurluğu sırtından tüşmegen
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 189