qurmanlıq kerekli qalırğa
/qurmanlɯq kerekli qalɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to be left needing a sacrifice
Intended meaning
To come through a great misfortune or a near-fatal mishap unharmed.
- Sora ajaldan qalğandı da, ollahiy, qurmanlıq kerekli qalğandı.So he was spared death — by God, he had a narrow escape.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 338
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 160