taş tüşgen jerinde qalğanlay
/taʃ tyʃɡen dʒerinde qalʁanlaj/
Literal translation
as a stone stays where it fell
Intended meaning
Of a person: living without moving about, having stayed for good in the place where they first came to rest.
- Dağıda, atamı jurtu dep, qaytıb kelib, taş tüşgen jerinde qalğanlay bolğanma.And besides, saying it was my father's homeland, I came back and have stayed put ever since, like a stone where it fell.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 436