qula tüzde qalırğa
/qula tyzde qalɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to be left in the bare steppe
Intended meaning
To end up with nothing at all, stripped of everything one had.
- Andan sawlay qaytdı Mısta, – Aŋa, bizge da nasıpha. Jansuratnı ua Ahmatı Qula tüzde qaldı jatıb…Mysta came back from there safe and sound — fortunate for him and for us. But Jansurat's Ahmat was left lying in the bare steppe…
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 332