otu janmazğa
/otu dʒanmazʁa/
Literal translation
for one's fire not to burn (upward)
Intended meaning
To be unable to get on with one another, or to live in agreement and of one mind.
- Artıqsız da meni kibik basımsız adamğa çüyre juwap etsele, sora otubuz örge janmaydı, – dep, Sapiyat kolhoz brigadirge guruşhasın jaşırmadı."All the more so when people answer back to a person as powerless as me, our fire will not burn," said Sapiyat, not hiding her grievance from the collective-farm brigade leader.
- Nek boldu iş alay, nek janmadı otuğuz?Why did it turn out that way, why did your fire not burn?
Variants
- otu öre janmazğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 380