türk abejige barırğa
/tyrk abedʒiɡe barɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to go to the Turkish alphabet
Intended meaning
To thrash about helplessly out of desperation, with no other recourse left.
- Atamı janı üçün, bu barıwdan barıb tursaŋ, başha bolmay türk abejige barırsa.By my father's soul, if you keep going on like this, there will be nothing else for it — you will end up floundering in desperation.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 474
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 210
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 231