qan bağa bolurğa
/qan baʁa bolurʁa/
Literal translation
to become a blood price
Intended meaning
Of a price: to rise steeply, so that something becomes extremely expensive (or, in the causative variant, to drive a price up sharply).
- Uoy, ullu Allahım! Qabartıdan qan bağası berib alıb kelgen altın tanaçığımı öltürüb turadıla! – dedi Zekeriya."Oh, great God of mine! They are killing my golden calf that I brought from Kabarda for a blood price!" said Zekeriya.
- Birle, jeŋilirek kiyinib, suwuq ötdüredile, birlege ua kesekle juğadıla, darmanla ua qan bağa bolğandıla.Some, dressing too lightly, catch cold, others come down with the flu, and medicines have become ruinously expensive.
Variants
- qara qan bolurğa
- qan bağa eterge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 289