quru gırjın aşamay jaşarğa
/quru ɡɯrdʒɯn aʃamaj dʒaʃarʁa/
Literal translation
to live without eating nothing but bread
Intended meaning
To manage well enough, without real hardship, in the time until some awaited event — said jokingly of something that will not come soon.
- Ay, qoy-qoy, qıyamat künŋe deri quru gırjın aşamay da bir jaşayıq. Ol hapardı. Alay ol hur qızla degeniŋ igi hapar köre edim, – dedi Jarahmat.Oh, stop it — let us just manage to get by till Judgment Day without living on dry bread. That's only talk. But those houri-girls you speak of, now that sounded like good news, said Jarahmat.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 339