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
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 289
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 147