suwğa keterge
/suwʁa keterɡe/
Literal translation
to go into the water
Intended meaning
For something to be wasted, lost or spent for nothing.
- Rostov janına barlıq poezd ketgenli eki sağat boladı dedile. Küydüm, bişdim, bir tolu künüm suwğa ketdi, – dedi.They said it had been two hours since the train for Rostov left. "I burned, I boiled — a whole full day of mine went to waste," they said.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 416