Expressions
Expressions whose meaning or use belongs to the whole phrase. Each entry links to its source evidence and component words.
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Proverbs and sayings
- adam qatında adam ölmeydi — people help each other
- ağaçnı kesinden çüy etib jaradıla — betrayed from within
- ah demegen oh demez — no hardship, no appreciation; no work, no pleasure
- ahşı at kesine qamiçi qoymağança — beyond reproach
- Allahnı qolundabız — fate is not ours
- aman itge jaraşadı — always the same scapegoat
- ana kölü – balada, bala kölü – talada — a mother's devotion is one-sided
- appiy bilgen – tıbına — one-trick person
- arbaz qıŋırdı da, iynek sawalmayma — lame excuse
- ariw at da, quru çıq — generous but left empty
- ariw suwnu kişi eşikge tökmeydi — keep the best home
- asıl atdan tüşmez — good blood shows
- aş berme da, qaş ber — greet guests warmly
- aşağan da ölür, aşamağan da ölür — tasteless food
- aşasa da – börü, aşamasa da – börü — blamed regardless
- at ayağan bet tapmaydı — stinginess brings dishonour
- at ayağı da boqlaydı suw — anyone can harm
- at bashannı jer biledi — only the sufferer knows
- ata jurtuŋ – ata üyüŋden artıq — homeland above home
- atı aytılğan altınlı — overrated
- atı birni – antı bir — true to one's word
- awar taşha tayanma — don't trust the unreliable; don't chase the impossible
- awruğan – ölgenŋe degenley — asking the helpless
- awruğannı jastığında saw ölür — death is unpredictable
- awrumağan başha jawluq qısma — mind your own business
- awrumağan şaytandı, jekdi — everyone falls ill
- awuz – bir, qulaq – eki — think before speaking
- awuzuŋ qandan tolsa da, qanlıŋa bildirme — never beg your enemy
- aygini qolu – sıbapha — skilled hands