köknü tübü tüşüb qalğança
/køkny tyby tyʃyb qalʁantʃa/
Literal translation
as if the bottom of the sky had fallen out
Intended meaning
Of rain: to come down heavily and without letting up.
- Alay özenŋe tüşgenley, köknü tübü tüşüb qalğança, jawun alay ullu quydu, qoylanı tıyarğa bir madar bolmay... taŋ atarğa bir açıq talağa çıqdım.But as soon as I came down into the valley the rain poured so hard, as if the bottom of the sky had fallen out, that there was no way to hold the sheep back... towards dawn I came out onto an open glade.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 261