künü quruğan
/kyny quruʁan/
Literal translation
whose day has dried up
Intended meaning
Said of someone upon whom a great calamity has fallen; ruined, doomed, in dire trouble.
- Kebahan aythan kerti köreme da, künüm quruğan! – dedi ol içinden. – Üyüme qan jawub turğanın bilmey turama da.I see that what Kebahan said is true — disaster has struck me! he said to himself. — And here I am, not knowing that blood is raining down on my house.
Variants
- künü qururuq
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 281