suwğa quydururğa
/suwʁa qujdururʁa/
Literal translation
to make (it) be poured into the water
Intended meaning
To cause someone's hard-earned work or property to be wasted and come to nothing.
- Adamğa sanap, üylerine eltirge tebiregenlerinde, Hajaylağa barırğa ıylıqdı, bolğanıbıznı bulğap turğanlay, barın da suwğa quydurdu, ol da azdı dep, til etib, soruwçulanı keltirtdi.When they treated him as a person and set about taking him into their home, he was ashamed to go to the Hazhay family; while everything we had was still in disorder, he let it all be poured into the water, and as if that were not enough, he informed on us and had the investigators brought in.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 416