otu öçülürge
/otu øtʃylyrɡe/
Literal translation
for one's fire to go out
Intended meaning
To be struck by disaster; to be left in ruin or grave trouble.
- Alay Babın kesini otu öçülgenin aŋılağan edi.But Babyn had understood that his own fire had gone out.
- Baybiyçe birsi qatınlanı arasında: «Ow, otum kömülgen! Ow otum kömülgen!» – dep, birsilerinden da bek qıçırıb baradı.Among the other women Baybiyche walks along shouting louder than any of them: "Oh, my fire is buried! Oh, my fire is buried!"
Variants
- otu kömülürge
- otu qururğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 380