quru jurtha qararğa
/quru dʒurtxa qararʁa/
Literal translation
to look at a bare homestead
Intended meaning
To lose all one's livestock and possessions and be left with nothing at all.
- Biz busağatda, bılayda olturub uşaq ete turğunçu, kommunistle, örlep kelib, ıstawatlanı sürüb ketib, quru jurtha qarap qalırbızmı?While we sit here chatting, are the communists going to come up, drive off our sheepfolds, and leave us with nothing?
- Qaçan bolsa da, quçaq jayib, tırnaqlab jıyğan mülküŋ seni quru jurtha qaratıb qoyar.Sooner or later that property of yours, gathered in armfuls and scraped together by the nails, will leave you with nothing.
Variants
- quru jurtha qaratırğa
- quru jurtha tayandırırğa (Karachay)
- quru jurtha qalırğa
- quru jurtha kelirge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 340
- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеологиясы (2007), p. 150
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 160
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 171