otdan örtenden qutulğan
/otdan ørtenden qutulʁan/
Literal translation
escaped from the fire, from the blaze
Intended meaning
Said of someone who has come home alive from a war.
- Kesleri alay jaşasınla, ol eki sabiyni qıynasam da, otdan, örtenden qutulub kelgen qarındaşımı bir zatdan da kerekli etmegenme.Let them live as they like — even if I did make things hard for those two children, I never let my brother, who came back out of the fire and the blaze, want for anything.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 379