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The Plain English Meanings of Turkish Idioms 'J'
We know you've seen reference books written for English speakers about English and American Idioms. And you may have seen books for Turkish speakers on the same subject. You may even have seen books for Turkish speakers about Turkish Idioms -- all in Turkish. But have you ever seen a reference for English speakers about Turkish Idioms? Well, when we couldn't find one after looking for seven years, we decided to do-it-ourselves. Observe our sampling just for Turkish idioms that begin with the letter J.

Turkish Idioms beginning with the letter J |
The Turkish |
The Literal English Meaning |
The 'Plain' English Meaning |
Comments and Examples |
| Je |
- jeton düştü
- jeton geç düştü
| - a token fell
- a token fell late
| - (Now) I understand,
(Now) I get it [British, The penny's (finally) dropped.] - It took a while for me (you, him, her) to catch on.
| May be used as shown... |
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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