top bolub atılsa da
/top bolub atɯlsa da/
Literal translation
even if he is fired off as a cannonball
Intended meaning
No matter how desperately someone exerts themselves, even to the point of dying from the effort — said of something that cannot come about.
- Sen top bolub atılsaŋ da, anı [Jannetni] atası süygen kiçi qızçığın üysüz-küysüz bosyakga berlik tüyüldü.However hard you try, her [Zhannet's] father will not give his beloved youngest daughter to a homeless vagrant.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 459