qart ögüznü barazağa tarthanlay
/qart øɡyzny barazaʁa tartxanlaj/
Literal translation
as if dragging an old ox to the furrow
Intended meaning
Said mockingly of someone who does something that does not suit his age or his station in life.
- Anı sebepli arı [likbezge] jürüb, kün ozduruwnu kereklige sanamadı. «Ramazan oqusun, men a, qart ögüznü barazağa tarthanlay, ne eteme?» – dep qoydu Jansoh.For that reason he did not think it worth spending his days going there [to the literacy class]. "Let Ramazan study, but what am I doing, like an old ox dragged to the furrow?" – said Jansokh.
Variants
- qart ögüznü barazağa tarthan kibik
- qart ögüznü sibirtgige jekgenley
- qart ögüznü sibirtgige jekgey kibik
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 306
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 290