quturğan it suw boyununa barğanlay
/quturʁan it suw bojununa barʁanlaj/
Literal translation
like a rabid dog going to the water's edge
Intended meaning
Said of something done thoughtlessly and inappropriately, rushing headlong into what will bring harm.
- Quturğan it suw boyununa baradı! Sizni da ölür künügüznü jetib keliwü esirtgendi! – dep, Musos aq askerçileni janıdı."A rabid dog goes to the water's edge! The nearness of your own day of death has gone to your heads too!" – so Musos lashed out at the White soldiers.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 341