sağınŋanıŋı başı bosağa tübünde
/saʁɯnŋanɯŋɯ baʃɯ bosaʁa tybynde/
Literal translation
the head of the one you mentioned is under the threshold
Intended meaning
Said when a person turns up at the very moment they are being talked about.
- Busağat men sizni bir adamla bla tanışdırlıqma... Ma, sağınılğannı başı bosağa tübünde, kesleri da kele turadıla, – dedi Barisbiy.Right now I am going to introduce you to some people... Look, speak of the devil — here they come themselves, said Barisbiy.
- Ah, Alaköz, sağınŋanıŋ bosağa tübünde degença, Seit bla Tohdar kele turadıla, mayna, ma!Ah, Alakyoz, just as they say "the one you mentioned is at the threshold" — Seit and Tohdar are on their way, look, there they are!
Variants
- sağınılğannı başı bosağa tübünde
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 385