keçe ortası bolurğa
/ketʃe ortasɯ bolurʁa/
Literal translation
for it to become the middle of the night
Intended meaning
To grow late in the evening, so that someone is delayed or kept up well into the night.
- Aznor, seni bla uşaq ete, keçe ortası bolub qaldım da. Sen nek kelgenimi Zeytunŋa aytırğa unutub qoyma, marja, – dep, Abidat aşığışlı ketdi."Aznor, talking with you it has got to be the middle of the night. Don't forget to tell Zeytun why I came, please," said Abidat, and hurried off.
Variants
- keçe beli bolurğa
- keçe ortası eterge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 240