uruşurğa barğan jumduruhun unuthanlay
/uruʃurʁa barʁan dʒumduruxun unutxanlaj/
Literal translation
like one who went to fight and forgot his fist
Intended meaning
Said of someone who has forgotten the very thing that was most needed.
- Uruşurğa barğan jumduruhun unuthanlay, aytırığımı unutub qoyğan edim.Like the man who went out to fight and forgot his fist, I had forgotten what I meant to say.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 479