tört sanın tüyüb jaşağan
/tørt sanɯn tyjyb dʒaʃaʁan/
Literal translation
having lived beating his four limbs
Intended meaning
Describing someone who earns their living by punishing physical labour, supported by nothing but the work of their own hands.
- Men, tört sanımı tüyüb, küçden jaşağan bir adamma, meni ne zatıma erişese?I am a man who lives only barely, beating my four limbs at work — what of mine is there for you to envy?
Variants
- tört sanın tüyüb gırjın aşağan
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 447