sazğa tüşerge
/sazʁa tyʃerɡe/
Literal translation
to sink into the mire
Intended meaning
Said to announce that the season's field work has started.
- Saban sürgen zamanda, barazada barğan ögüzge sazğa tüşdü dep aytadıla.At ploughing time, of the ox walking in the furrow they say that it has sunk into the mire.
- Saban sürgen tınç tüyüldü, alay, qara ögüz sazğa tüşgende, barına da tınç boldu.Ploughing is no easy thing, but once the black ox had sunk into the mire, it became easy for them all.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 385