seni jawuŋ allayğa çıqsın
/seni dʒawuŋ allajʁa tʃɯqsɯn/
Literal translation
may your enemy come up against such a one
Intended meaning
Said of something so dreadful that one would wish it only on a person one dislikes.
- Çıqsa ua, seni jawuŋ allayğa çıqsın, bir çıŋıl qaya, başı gampik, eki janı bek, oğarı janı biyik, tübü – teŋiz.As for climbing it — may your enemy come up against such a one: a sheer crag, its top a dome, its two sides solid rock, its upper part high, its foot the sea.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 398