kör tabarğa
/kør tabarʁa/
Literal translation
to find a grave
Intended meaning
To die, to perish and be laid in the earth.
- «Sovet Soyuznu terk oquna urub alırbız!» – dep çaphan gitlerçile bizni jeribizde keslerine kör tabadıla.The Hitlerites who rushed in shouting "We will take the Soviet Union in one quick blow!" found their graves here in our land.
- Hakimni kişi jarsıthanın körgenden ese, körge kireyim, – dedi Aminat."Rather than watch anyone hurt Hakim, let me go into the grave," said Aminat.
Variants
- körge kirirge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 269