töbege alğa minŋen alğa tüşer
/tøbeɡe alʁa minŋen alʁa tyʃer/
Literal translation
the one who climbs the hill first comes down first
Intended meaning
Whoever comes first also leaves first: the older generation departs life before the younger.
- Töbege alğa minŋen alğa tüşer degenlikge, jaşawda alay bolub da barmaydı: köp jaş adam alışadı duniyasın zamansız.Although they say that whoever climbs the hill first comes down first, in life it does not work out that way: many a young person leaves this world before their time.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 445