küygen üyden çıqğan kibik

/kyjɡen yjden tʃɯqʁan kibik/

Literal translation

like [one] who came out of a burnt house

Utterly poor; owning nothing, without property or means.

A jaş, sen ne zatla aytasa, meni kelinim küygen üydenmi çıqğandı? Meni adamğa sanağanlarına köre etgendile... – Ol tüyülmüdü meni jüregimi tars dep, uzununa jarıb barğan, – dedi Hasan Berhanŋa.Hey lad, what are you saying — did my daughter-in-law come out of a burnt house? They did it according to how much of a man they reckoned me to be... — Isn't that the very thing that split my heart lengthwise with a crack? — said Hasan to Berhan.

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