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lets share proverbs !!
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10.       Deli_kizin
6376 posts
 14 Dec 2005 Wed 10:52 pm

We have that saying too

Twee vliegen in één klap slaan
- Hitting two flies in one hit.

11.       Roxy
209 posts
 15 Dec 2005 Thu 12:13 am


-Hamama giren terler
-He will sweat who enters a "hamam"(Turkish Bath)
( No pain, no gain)

12.       ramayan
2633 posts
 16 Dec 2005 Fri 12:50 pm

Quoting Deli_kizin:

We have that saying too

Twee vliegen in één klap slaan
- Hitting two flies in one hit.




bir taşla iki kuş vurmak......nice idiom....(killing two birds with one stone)

13.       ramayan
2633 posts
 16 Dec 2005 Fri 12:56 pm

at ölür meydan kalır,yiğit ölür şanı kalır...

(if a horse die it inherit us much place,but if a warrior die he inherit a fame)

14.       AlphaF
5677 posts
 16 Dec 2005 Fri 03:36 pm

We dont have bird killing proverbs in Turkish, we say:
"You can feed two birds with one piece of bread"

15.       AlphaF
5677 posts
 16 Dec 2005 Fri 03:47 pm

Ölmüş eşşek kurt'dan korkmaz.

A dead donkey is never scared of the wolf.

16.       Aslan
1070 posts
 16 Dec 2005 Fri 04:15 pm

Quoting AlphaF:

Ölmüş eşşek kurt'dan korkmaz.

A dead donkey is never scared of the wolf.



Are you calling me a dead donkey?

17.       AlphaF
5677 posts
 16 Dec 2005 Fri 04:39 pm

never....

18.       Aslan
1070 posts
 16 Dec 2005 Fri 04:48 pm

I am glad...though I have something in common with a dead donkey! ...I hope it is the only thing...

19.       janissary
0 posts
 16 Dec 2005 Fri 04:51 pm

A rose by another name would smell as sweet.

GÜLE BAŞKA İSİM VERSLER DE GÜL YİNE GÜLDÜR

20.       AlphaF
5677 posts
 16 Dec 2005 Fri 04:52 pm

Have you recently noticed that wolves no longer scare you, or what?

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