tuz bolub erimezge
/tuz bolub erimezɡe/
Literal translation
not to dissolve by turning into salt
Intended meaning
However badly things go, one will come through alive; hardship will not be the end of us.
- Ne bek jarsıdıŋ mıŋa. Tuz bolub, erimez.How you fret over him. He won't dissolve away like salt.
Variants
- tuz bolubmu eririkme (Karachay)
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 461