Idioms

"To spread flour on a rope."
It means to avoid doing something by giving weak or invalid excuses instead of openly refusing.

"His affairs go with a helping hand."

An idiom used when events seem to fall into place, built around a Persian word that once referred to the trusted aides of Ottoman sultans and pashas.

“Even if a fault were a sable fur coat, no one would wear it.”
It expresses that people avoid admitting guilt or taking responsibility, no matter how valuable or appealing it might seem.

“To lose one’s mind.”
It describes a state of extreme stress, anger, or obsession where a person feels mentally overwhelmed or unable to think clearly.

“To not take (someone or something) into consideration.”
To disregard what someone says and not treat it as worth responding to.

“While trying to shape the eyebrow, to put out the eye.”
It describes a situation where someone tries to improve or fix something but ends up causing much greater harm.

“A cat has finally caught a mouse.”
It describes a situation where someone produces a result for the first time after a long delay, often with a tone of mild irony.

“The caravan is arranged on the road.”
This Turkish proverb means that not every detail has to be perfectly ready at the beginning, because many things can be organized as the work moves forward.

“To lose the goats.”
It describes a visible loss of mental balance, where someone can no longer hold their thoughts or reactions together.

"To see the stork in the air."

A Turkish idiom said of someone who is always travelling, rooted in the spring return of the storks.