soqur ırıshı

/soqur ɯrɯsxɯ/

Literal translation

blind wealth

Intended meaning

Wealth that falls to someone unexpectedly, without their own labour behind it.
  • Sen [Bazarbiy], ma bılay ete kelib, soqur ırıshığa batama dep, boğurdağıŋa deri qara batmaqğa bathınçı, tohtarıq tüyül ediŋ, – dedi Sapiyat.You, [Bazarbiy], going on like this, saying "I am sinking into easy riches", would not have stopped until you had sunk up to your throat in black mire, — said Sapiyat.

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