suwdan çıqğan çabaq kibik
/suwdan tʃɯqʁan tʃabaq kibik/
Literal translation
like a fish that has come out of the water
Intended meaning
To be left without means: to run through one's living, lose one's post and see one's property dwindle.
- Ekspeditordan çıqğanlı, ol kişi suwdan çıqğan çabaq kibik bolğandı, endi ahçanı da alğınça jürütalmaydı.Ever since he left the forwarding agent's post, that man has been like a fish out of water; now he cannot handle money the way he used to either.
Variants
- suwdan çıqğan çabaq kibik bolurğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 417