qundur aythanlay
/qundur ajtxanlaj/
Literal translation
as Kundur said
Intended meaning
Said of someone who consigns a matter to the worst possible outcome; foretelling a bad end for something.
- Allaylanı, Qundur aythanlay, asmaqğa asarğa kerekdi.People like that, as Kundur said, ought to be strung up on the gallows.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 337