qumğa suw quyğança

/qumʁa suw qujʁantʃa/

Literal translation

as if pouring water onto sand

Of a person's words or good deeds: to bring no benefit to anyone, to be wasted without a trace.

Ala bir künŋe etgen amanlıqnı meni kibik bir adam etse, zindanŋa atıb öltürür edile, alağa ua amanlıq qumğa suw siŋŋença, siŋŋedi da ketedi.If a man like me committed the wrongdoing they do in a single day, they would throw him in a dungeon and put him to death; but for them wrongdoing soaks away and vanishes, like water sinking into sand.
Etgen amanlıqları qumğa suw siŋŋença bolub baradı.The wrongs they commit keep soaking away like water into sand.

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