otow edik da, üy bolduq
/otow edik da, yj bolduq/
Literal translation
we were a room, and we became a house
Intended meaning
Said when a situation that was already bad has only gotten worse.
- Otow edik da, üy bolduq, endi bu traktor da buzuldu ese, kırtıbız.Things were bad and have only got worse; now, if this tractor has broken down too, we are finished.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 380