quturğan suwğa balta alıb çaphanlay
/quturʁan suwʁa balta alɯb tʃapxanlaj/
Literal translation
as if running at a raging river with an axe
Intended meaning
Busying oneself with something that can bring no result at all.
- Quturğan suwğa bolta alıb çaphandan ne fayda? ...ne türlü vlast da jaşaw eterge qoya ese...What good comes of running at a raging river with an axe? ...whatever kind of government it is, so long as it lets one live...
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 341