kim bar, kim joq
/kim bar, kim dʒoq/
Literal translation
who is present, who is absent
Intended meaning
Said in acknowledgement that no one can know who will still be alive by a given time or how life will turn out.
- Ay, har kim kesi qayğılıdı. Kim bar, kim joq, – dedi Jabrail.Ah, everyone is wrapped up in troubles of their own. Who will still be here, who will not, — said Jabrail.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 271