qalası oyulurğa

/qalasɯ ojulurʁa/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Literal translation

for one's fortress to cave in

For someone's affairs or fortunes to collapse and go badly wrong.

Petrogradda ullu qozğalıwla başlanŋandıla. Patçahnı qalası oyula tebiregendi.Great uprisings have begun in Petrograd. The tsar's fortress has started to cave in.
Uzeirni qalası oyulğandı: bilmey turğanlay, revizor kelib, tükenin japhandı.Uzeir's fortress has caved in: out of the blue an inspector came and closed down his shop.

for one's fortress to cave in

For the close relative one leaned on for support to die.

Ellile, Zuhuranı dew qalası oyuldu da qaldı dep, jarsıydıla.The villagers grieve, saying that Zukhura's mighty fortress has come crashing down.
Dalhat atam-atam dep tura edi, endi qalası oyuldu.Dalkhat used to say "my father, my father" all the time; now his fortress has caved in.

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