qalayğa barğan zatdı
/qalajʁa barʁan zatdɯ/
Literal translation
it is a thing that has gone where
Intended meaning
Said of an act that is utterly out of place and pointless; expresses indignant astonishment that anyone would do such a thing.
- Alay uzaqdan kelib, talay jılnı körmey turğan anasına qaytmay ketgen qalayğa barğan zatdı?To come from so far away and then go off without calling on the mother he had not seen for years — what sort of thing is that?
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 287
- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеологиясы (2007), p. 144
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 146