quru bolmazğa
/quru bolmazʁa/
This expression has 3 meanings.
Literal translation
not to be empty
Intended meaning
To have one's share of something; to not be left without a portion of it.
- Mölehan, Şaydağa aylanıp: – Ol sen aythan zatladan a biz da quru tüyülbüz, kelib bir qarağa ediŋ, ol zamanda körür ediŋ, qulluqğa da bir jaşla tüşdüle da, qısha zamanda barı işni da ayağı üsüne saldıla.Mölehan, turning to Shayda: "We are not without those things you named either; you should have come and had a look, then you would have seen — some of our lads have got into office too, and in a short time they set the whole business on its feet."
Literal translation
not to be empty
Intended meaning
Of a place or person: to have something at all times, so that there is never a moment when it is absent.
- Elni töben qıyırında nığış adamdan quru bolmaydı.The gathering place at the lower end of the village is never empty of people.
Literal translation
not to be empty
Intended meaning
To have drunk alcohol; to be tipsy.
- Teyri, Alan, seni bılayda qoyub keterik tüyül edim, alay a bu jıgırala taŋŋa deri tarthandıla da, endi bılağa pohmelge qaysı tüken alğa açıladı dep qaray aylanama, kesim da quru tüyülme, – degendi Nanda."By God, Alan, I wasn't going to leave you here, but these fellows have been drinking till dawn, and now I'm going about looking to see which shop opens first for their hangover — and I've had a drop myself," said Nanda.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 339