suwğa atarğa
/suwʁa atarʁa/
Literal translation
to throw into the water
Intended meaning
To spend or destroy something to no purpose, so that it brings no benefit at all.
- Ol men körgen Örüzmek bitew hatanı bizge atamay qoymaz, üç jıldan artıq qıyınımı suwğa atar da qoyar.That Yoryuzmek I saw will not fail to heap every misfortune on us; he will throw more than three years of my labour into the water and be done with it.
Variants
- suwğa quyarğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 415
- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеологиясы (2007), p. 156