matçı qonağınlay
/mattʃɯ qonaʁɯnlaj/
Literal translation
like Matchy's guest
Intended meaning
Said of someone whom calamity has overtaken, as though a curse were upon them; often of a person who turns up carrying bad news.
- Ahmat, Matçı qonağınlay, sürgün haparın alıb kelgenine kesi da jarsıdı.Akhmat, like Matchy's guest, was himself grieved that he had come bringing news of the deportation.
Variants
- matçı qonağınlay bolurğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 353