qolu quru bolurğa

/qolu quru bolurʁa/

Literal translation

for one's hand to become empty

To fall into poverty and be left without means.

Ho-ho ... kerti aytadıla... ne sıltaw tabarığığız da – qolu qurudu, bir da qurusa da qartlanı atların bir zatçıq bla da aytmadı deriksiz, aŋa da bir Allah aythan bolur, – dedi qaysı ese da."Ho-ho... they speak the truth... whatever excuse you may find — his hand is empty, and even if you were utterly destitute, you would say he never said a single word about the old people's names; there must be some God-given reason for that as well," said one or another of them.

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