el awuzu elek

/el awuzu elek/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Literal translation

the village's mouth is a sieve

Advice that one should live by one's own judgment rather than by what others say.

Safar, turub: «Anı sizge sormağanbız, el awuzu – elek», – dep, çort kesdi.Safar stood up and cut it short: "We didn't ask you about that — the village's mouth is a sieve."

the village's mouth is a sieve

Talk cannot be stopped: whatever happens, it will be spoken of and spread about.

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