ullu biçaqnı awuzundaça
/ullu bitʃaqnɯ awuzundatʃa/
Literal translation
as if on the edge of a big knife
Intended meaning
As if going through the worst of suffering; enduring extreme hardship.
- Sekirib qobub, ullu biçaqnı awuzundaça, qıyınlıqda turğanı esine tüşüb, qolların jeŋlerine suğub, çegetni qıyırından kirdi.Leaping up and recalling how they had lived in misery, as if on the edge of a great knife, they thrust their hands into their sleeves and came in from the edge of the forest.
Sources
Show sources
- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 477