otdan çıq da – örtenŋe
/otdan tʃɯq da – ørtenŋe/
Literal translation
step out of the fire – and into the blaze
Intended meaning
To end up in an even worse predicament than the one just escaped.
- Otdan çıq da – örtenŋe degenley boldum.It turned out for me just like the saying "out of the fire and into the blaze".
- Endi Mashut uyalır, tanır zat qalmağandı. Otdan çıq da – jalınŋa degenley, iş terenŋe kiririn aŋılap, örge qopdu.By now there was nothing left for Maskhut to be ashamed of or to recognize. Realizing that the matter would go deeper — out of the fire and into the flame, as they say — he rose to his feet.
Variants
- otdan çıq da – jalınŋa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 379