ullu suwğa balta bla çabarğa
/ullu suwʁa balta bla tʃabarʁa/
Literal translation
to charge at a big river with an axe
Intended meaning
To take on a task that is plainly beyond one's power.
- Ayhay da, ullu suwğa balta bla çabarğa amal joq edi. Alay a, qarap turğanlay, elni ol suwğa talatırğa da jaramaydı.Of course, there was no way to charge at a great river with an axe. But it would not do, either, to stand and watch while that river tore the village apart.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 477