ne körürge, ne körmezge
/ne køryrɡe, ne kørmezɡe/
Literal translation
what to see and what not to see
Intended meaning
To live through every conceivable misfortune, leaving no hardship unsuffered and no torment untried.
- Alaydı duniya, ne kördük, ne körmedik, haparın qaçıb ketgenŋe çığarıb, sabiyni, qolun-ayağın baylap, duniya mal üçün qart babasha bergenni kördüle.Such is the world — what have we not lived through: they have seen a child, with the story spread that she had run off, bound hand and foot and given to an old man for the sake of worldly goods.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 365