qabırım qabırıŋdan keri bolsun
/qabɯrɯm qabɯrɯŋdan keri bolsun/
Literal translation
may my grave be far from your grave
Intended meaning
Said in renouncing a wicked or treacherous person, declaring that one wants no bond or dealings with them, however close the kinship.
- Adam üyürsünnük, adamğa hayırı tierik adam tüyülse. Seni andan başhalığıŋı çırt eslemeyse, Geriy, bir emçekni tarthanbız, alay bolsa da, qabırım qabırıŋdan keŋde bolsun.You are not a man who will make a household, not a man anyone will get any good from. You don't notice at all how you differ from that, Geriy — we suckled at one breast, and even so: may my grave be far from your grave.
Variants
- qabırım qabırıŋdan keŋde bolsun
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 284
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 144