uwahtı unuthan
/uwaxtɯ unutxan/
Literal translation
who has forgotten his appointed hour
Intended meaning
Said of a bad person who ought to have died long ago and is still alive.
- Elden bir janında turğan, uwahtı unuthan Çukalay artdan-artha arbazdan bek az çığa edi.Chukalay, who lived off at one side of the village and had long outlived his appointed time, came out into the yard less and less as time went on.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 479