qara kapegi bolmazğa
/qara kapeɡi bolmazʁa/
Literal translation
to not have a black kopeck
Intended meaning
To have no money at all; to be completely broke.
- Bılanı ua keçe qalırğa, fatar tutarğa janlarında qara kapekleri da joqdu.And these ones do not have a single black kopeck on them to spend the night or rent lodgings.
- Ahşı adamdı. Mırzabek qoymaydı ansı, Petro ua, bir qotur şay ne qara kapek bermey qoysaq da, ırazıdı.He is a good man. It is Myrzabek who will not let it be; as for Petro, he is content even if we give him neither a mangy shai nor a black kopeck.
Variants
- qara kapegi joqdu
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 297