Our Favorite Turkish IdiomsUS Sec. of State Condoleeza Rice busses Turkish PM Erdoğan in this Turkish political cartoon.

In Turkey - Türkiye'de
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Turkish Idioms Index plus a few Turkish idiom favorites...
In Turkey - Türkiye'de
Tüm kitap fırsatları için tıklayın !
Other Turkish Idioms, beginning with the letter:
A,
B, C, Ç, D, E, F, G, H, I, İ, J, K, L, M, N, O, Ö, P, R, S, Ş,
T, U, Ü, V, Y, Z
'House favorite' idioms...
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Favorite Turkish Idioms |
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The Literal English Meaning |
The 'Plain' English Meaning |
Comments and Examples |
| ısıtıp ısıtıp önüne koymak
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to warm and warm and put to the front
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to continuously repeat stories about the past to the point of weariness |
Çocukluğunda geçirdiği o olayı ısıtıp ısıtıp önüne koyuyor.
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He keeps repeating that boring story about what happened in his childhood.
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| iki cami arasında kalmış beynamaza dönmek
iki cami arasında kalmış beynamaz gibi
iki cami arasında kalan bir namaz
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to fail religious duties between two mosques
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- said of someone who can't choose between two or more alternatives
- to be confused, perplexed
- to not know what you will do -- this or that thing. Not to know which side to appproach from.
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Uzun süredir iki cami arasında kalmış beynamaza döndü.
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He took a long time -- unable to make up his mind which choice to make.
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We wish to extend thanks to Emin Özdemir, Osman Çizmeciler, Ömer Asım Aksoy, H. Fethi Gözler,
Ferit Devellioğlu, Nermin and Muammer Yüzbaşıoğlu, Metin Yurtbaşı, Halil Uysal, Ali Püsküllüoğlu, Mehmet Hengirmen, and Ali Uslu for their Turkish Idioms source material -- on which some of this page is based.
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In Turkey - Türkiye'de
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