saw köreyim
/saw kørejim/
Literal translation
may I see [it] safe and sound
Intended meaning
Exclamation of resignation: to give up on something, writing it off as hopeless or of no account.
- Elde jürügen haparlağa köre, ala aythanla qulluqçula bolsala, saw köreyim.By the talk going round the village, if the ones they name become officials — then forget it.
- Ekibiz birge bolsaq biz, saw köreyim ol duşmannı.If the two of us are together, forget that enemy — he's nothing.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 393