kart oynağança
/kart ojnaʁantʃa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
as if playing cards
Intended meaning
Of a person's fortune: to turn out well one time and badly the next, good and bad spells following one another unpredictably.
- Jaşaw kart oynağançadı: bir künüŋ – nasıplı, birde ua kesiŋden nasıpsız bolmağança sunasa, – dep, japsaradı atası jaşın."Life is like a game of cards: one day you are lucky, and the next you think there is no one unluckier than yourself," the father says, consoling his son.
Literal translation
as if playing cards
Intended meaning
Of two rivals: to get the better of one another in turn, each prevailing in his own turn.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 233
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 123