хәйерсегә ел ҡаршы

Bashkir

Etymology

Compare with exactly analogous phrases in other languages:

Tatar хәерчегә җил каршы (xäyerçegä cil qarşı), Kazakh қайыршыға жел қарсы (qaiyrşyğa jel qarsy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [χæ.jɪ̞r.sɪ̞ˈɡæ ˈjɪ̞l qɑɾˌʂɯ̞]

Proverb

хәйерсегә ел ҡаршы • (xəyersegə yel qarşı) (literally: for the beggar, the wind is contrary)

1. said when somebody is having bad luck, especially when a lot of bad things happen one after another; it's not sb's day, it's one of those days