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• Literal translation: If God closes the silver door He will open the golden door.
  • Meaning: For every loss there is opportunity.

• Ana gibi yar, vatan gibi diyar olmaz.
  • Literal translation: There is no love like a mother's nor a place like your homeland.
  • Meaning: No others' love can be compared to mothers' love and no place is "better" than the homeland.

• Anlayana sivrisinek saz, anlamayana davul zurna az.
  • Literal translation: To one who understands, a mosquito is a lute, to one who does not understand, a drum and zurna are little.
  • Meaning: A good listener needs only half a word.

• Araba devrilince yol gösteren çok olur.
  • Variant from the city of Kırşehir: Kağnı devrilince yol gösteren çok olur.
  • Literal translation: Many will show the way after the carriage (variant: ox cart) has overturned.
  • Meaning: Everone is wise after the event. (Everyone tends to be wise with advices not before an incident has happened)

• Armut dibine düşer.
  • Literal translation: A pear will fall to its root.
  • Meaning: Children resemble their parents. (Children take after their parents)

• Aslan yattığı yerden belli olur.
  • Literal translation: You can tell a lion from where he dwells.
  • Meaning: A person's character shows itself from his surroundings.

• Aşağı tükürsen sakal, yukarı tükürsen bıyık.
  • Literal translation: If you spit downwards, it hits the beard, if you spit upwards, the mustache.
  • Meaning: Either way, the situation is bad.

• Ateş demekle ağız yanmaz.
  • Literal translation: Saying "fire" does't burn the tongue.
    • Meaning: Offensive words cannot hurt you.

• Ateş düştüğü yeri yakar.
  • Literal translation: Fire burns where it falls.
  • Meaning: Pain is suffered most by the one who is inflicted.

• Ateş olmayan yerden duman çıkmaz.
  • Literal translation: No smoke will come out from a place where there is no fire. (Where there is smoke, there is fire)

• Ayıpsız dost arayan dostsuz kalır.
  • Literal translation: A man who seeks a perfect friend, will turn out having none.

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• Babası oğluna bir bağ bağışlamış, oğul babaya bir salkım üzüm vermemiş.
  • Literal translation: The father donated a vineyard to his son, the son didn't give a bunch of grapes to the father.
  • Meaning: Used when a person does something ungrateful and selfish to another person who made good deeds for him.

• Balık ağa girdikten sonra aklı başına gelir.
  • Literal translation: A fish only comes to its senses after it is caught in the net.
  • Meaning: You will only learn when something happens to you. (No use regretting after losses)

• Bana arkadaşını söyle, sana kim olduğunu söyleyeyim.
  • Literal translation: Tell me who your friend is, and I will tell you who you are.

• Baş başa vermeyince taş yerinden kalkmaz.
  • Literal translation: The stone will not move from its place, unless you cooperate.
  • Meaning: Hard tasks can be accomplished by collaboration.

• Başkasına fenalık eden kendine etmiş olur.
  • Literal translation: He who does evil to another, has done it to himself.
  • Meaning: Sow the wind, reap the storm.

• Bedava sirke baldan tatlıdır.
  • Free vinegar is sweeter than honey.

• Bekara karı boşamak kolay.
  • Literal translation: Divorcing a wife is easy for a single guy.
  • Meaning: If somebody is looking at the situation from outside, he can't fully comprehend it.

• Bekara karı boşamak kolay gelir.
  • Literal translation: It's easy for a single to divorce a woman.
  • Meaning: Things seem easier to the one who isn't involved.

• Bin bilsen de bir bilene danış.
  • Literal translation: Even if you know a thousand things, still ask someone who knows.
  • Meaning: It is advisable to check with an expert.

• Bir elin nesi var, iki elin sesi var.
  • Literal translation: What does one hand have? Two hands make a sound. (You can't get a clapping sound by a single hand)
  • Meaning: People produce more or better work if they cooperate.

• Bir kanatla kuş uçmaz.
  • Literal translation: A bird will not fly with one wing.

• Bitli baklanın kör alıcısı olur.
  • Literal translation: Wormy beans will have blind buyers.
  • Meanning: Even worthless things find a buyer.

• Boşboğazı cehenneme atmışlar, "Odun yaş" diye bağırmış.
  • Literal translation: They put the blabbermouth in hell, and he shouted "The wood is damp!"
  • Meaning: Used for extremely idiot people.

• Bükemediğin bileği öpeceksin.
  • Literal translation: You should kiss the hand that you can't bend.
  • Meaning: You should respect someone who is superior, rather than grudging towards him.

• Bülbülü altın kafese koymuşlar, ah vatanım demiş.
  • Literal translation: They put the nightingale in a golden cage, it still craved for its country.

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