sawdan şaw
/sawdan ʃaw/
Literal translation
dead rather than alive
Intended meaning
An incapable, worthless person of no use or substance.
- Meni ma alayda süelgen antlı şuyohum Mazan aytıwçulay, ala sawdan şawdula, – dedi Loqman.As my sworn friend Mazan, standing right over there, likes to say, they are good-for-nothings, said Loqman.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 394