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TURKISH PROVERBS
- A hungry man thinks he won't be satiated, a thirsty man thinks he won't be quenched.
- The Devil is involved in hurried work.
- A hungry hen sees herself in a wheat silo.
- A hungry bear won't dance.
- A satiated man doesn't know what's hunger, a healthy man doesn't know what's disease.
- Don't tell your secret to your friend, he will tell it to his friend.
- It is worms which destroy a tree, it is worry which destroys a human.
- A white day sheds light, a black day sheds darkness.
- They put up minds for sale on the market, everyone liked his own mind. (Variant: Everyone put up his mind for sale on the market, and liked his own mind.)
- Don't lie down in low places, flood will take you, don't lie down in high places, wind will take you.
- There are many who throw stones at a red apple.
- There is no lover like mothers nor place like homeland.
- To one who understands, a mosquito is a lute, to one who does not understand, a drum and zurna are little.
- Many will show the way after the carriage (variant: ox cart) has overturned.
- A pear will fall to its root.
- You can tell a lion from where he dwells.
- Fire burns where it falls.
- No smoke will come out from a place where there is no fire.
- A man who seeks a perfect friend, will remain friendless.
- The father donated a vineyard to his son, the son didn't give a bunch of grapes to the father.
- A fish only comes to its senses after it is caught in the net.
- Tell me who your friend is, and I will tell you who you are.
- The stone will not move from its place unless head is put to head.
- He who does evil to another, has done it to himself.
- Divorcing a wife is easy for a single guy.
- It's easy for a single to divorce a woman.
- Even if you know a thousand things, still ask someone who knows.
- What does one hand have? Two hands make a sound.
- A bird will not fly with one wing.
- Wormy beans will have blind buyers.
- They put the blabbermouth in hell, and he shouted "The wood is damp!"
- You should kiss the hand that you can't bend.
- They put the nightingale in a golden cage, it still craved for its country.
- Explaining something to an ignorant person is harder than making a camel jump over a ditch.
- Habits don't expire until the soul expires.
- They call you "generous" and make you lose your property, they call you "brave" and make you lose your life.
- Hope won't be cut from the soul that has not expired.
- Not he who lived long knows, but he who traveled much knows.
- Mountain won't meet mountain, but man will meet man.
- Drop by drop the lake is formed.
- The sound of drums sounds nicely from far away.
- Who falls into the sea will take hold even of a snake.
- Whatever the thoughts of the dervish, so are his formulas.
- They asked the camel why its neck was curved. "What of me is straight?" it said.
- They will expel him who speaks the truth from nine villages.
- If the world is flooded, it wouldn't matter for the duck.
- One searches for someone else's donkey while singing songs.
- Without effort there is no food.
- Don't believe in foretellings but don't stay without them.
- The value of youth will be known in old age.
- Youth is a bird, escapes my capture. Old age is a heavy burden, can't sell it for a penny.
- If they say there is a wedding in the sky, women would try to put up a ladder.
- The village that one can see requires no guide.
- Who is far from the eye will also be far from the heart.
- Who loves a rose will endure its thorns.
- Who has never been burned in the sun won't know the value of shadow.
- Who enters the Turkish bath will sweat.
- Winnowing is with the wind, wedding is with the people.
- Flawless human is impossible
- He who hiccups of him who beats the pestle.
- A barking dog doesn't bite.
- What comes from The Ever Living One will go to him.
- Mountains won't endure on what lies ready.
- There lies a lion in every heart.
- Every rooster crows in its own pen.
- Every sheep is hanged from its own leg.
- One cannot eat the meat of every bird.
- Every thing is best when new, a friend and wine are best when old.
- Not every stone will hurt your head.
- A rose will sprout from the place where a teacher has hit.
- In a village with too many roosters morning will come late.
- A dog that intends to bite does not bare its teeth.
- If the imam scoffs, the community will chortle./If the imam farts the community will shit.
- Who goes near soot smells of soot, and who goes near musk smells of musk.
- Iron that works does not rust.
- It is better to walk around a bush than fight with a dog.
- Do good and throw it into the sea; if the fish don't know it, God will.
- The crow said: "Oh, my snow-white child".
- As the crow tried to imitate the partridge, it forgot its own walking style.
- A chicken won't be grudged to a place a goose will come from.
- The shroud has no pockets.
- The nose of him whose guide is a crow will never get out of the shit.
- Who lies with the blind gets up cross-eyed.
- The cornered rat will lick the balls of the cat.
- They asked the wolf: "Why is your neck thick?", and it said: "I do my job myself, that's why."
- Near the dry, the damp will burn.
- With talking the cheese ship won't move.
- Property will not earn life, but life will earn property.
- March makes one look through the door, and makes one burn hoes and shovels.
- They throw stones at a tree with fruit.
- Who steals the minaret will have a cover ready.
- He who did not help building the minaret, thinks that it just grew out from the ground.
- A guest will not eat what he hopes for but what he finds.
- Whoever has the Seal, he is Solomon [the prophet].
- Who has no intention to pray has no ears for the call to prayer.
- You will reap whatever you sow.
- Where there is activity, there is fertility.
- Wherever you go, an okka is four hundred dirhem.
- A son will learn from his father to make a living, a daughter will learn from her mother to cut clothes.
- There is no remedy for what will be and who will die.
- He who has wraps four, he who has not wraps trouble.
- They sowed "if only" and "if found", and wind and waste sprang up.
- The priest does not eat rice every day.
- It is unclear who has money and who faith.
- Who gives the money will play the flute.
- When bribery enters through the door, faith goes out through the chimney
- Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
- An over-protected eye gets the speck.
- Keep straw, its time will come.
- They made the garlic a bride, its smell did not come out for forty days.
- You master, I master, who milking this cow?
- Who fears the sparrows must not sow millet.
- Who eats it won't know the bitterness of the onion, but who chops it does.
- Who laughs last, laughs the best.
- One must fill the pitcher while the water is flowing.
- The sheik cannot fly, but his disciple lets him fly.
- Who sows wheat with the devil will get its chaff.
- A charged pistol scares one person, an empty one scares forty people.
- Who leaves no traces in the field, will be put to shame at harvest.
- The mill won't turn with carried water.
- What is salt to tasteless food, what is a word to a foolish head?
- The hare (rabbit) was offended with the mountain, but the mountain did not notice.
- Order the lazybones a task; he will give you advice.
- "Pot, your bottom is black." "Yours is blacker than me."
- The stew of cheap meat will be tasteless (hard).
- Hope is the bread of the poor.
- Don't tread on the tail of a sleeping snake.
- A reserved will not have sons and daughters.
- Grapes will darken by looking at each other.
- Time is cash.
- The head of the rooster that crows out of time will be cut off.
- If the place you have arrived at is blind, blink your eye.
- The liar's house burned, but nobody believed it.
- A liar's candle will burn until bed-time.
- Smart thief overcomes the landlord
- The one who lays in shade in summer, whose bread becomes dark in winter
- The beaten wrestler is never satisfied with wrestling
- The brave is known by his fame.
- A broke merchant counted his small change.
- Who has a beautiful face has a beautiful character too.
- Who wants yoghurt in winter must carry a cow in his pocket.
- A rich man will get his carriage over the mountains, a poor man will lose his way on a level plain.
- Even the rooster of a rich man lays eggs.
- A rich man's belongings will tire a poor man's jaw.
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