jilyan bla maqalay ayırılırğa
/dʒiljan bla maqalaj ajɯrɯlɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to part like a snake and a frog
Intended meaning
To separate from one another in hostility, after quarrelling and coming to blows.
- Ertte-keç bolsa da, biz jilyan bla maqalay ayırıllıq edik... çaçılğandan sora, sabiylerim bla kesim saw-esen qalğanıbızğa neden da bek quwanama, – dedi Zahret.Sooner or later we would have parted like snake and frog... after the break-up I am happier than anything that my children and I came through safe and sound, said Zahret.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 201