qan jawarğa

/qan dʒawarʁa/

Literal translation

for blood to rain

Intended meaning

For a great and bitter misfortune to befall someone; in the causative, to bring such a calamity down on someone.
  • Omar, üydemise?! Qan jawğandı biyağı bizge! – dedi ol, jilyamsırap."Omar, are you home?! Blood has rained on us again!" they said, on the verge of tears.
  • İy, egeçim, bizge qara qan jawğandı, – dep, qıçırıq etib jilyadı, qızını suwğa ketgenin bilib."Oh, my sister, black blood has rained on us," they cried out, weeping, on learning that their daughter had drowned.

Variants

  • qara qan jawarğa

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