I posted this in the Translation forum by accident, thats why Im posting it here again.

hatasız kul olmaz: meaning 'there is no human without mistake.'

Used for a third person or by the first person who did make a big, serious and unforgievable mistake or committed a sin.

günahını çekmek: to suffer for one's own or another's sins. It is used when someone suffer for or is punished for what the person in question or some else does. e.g. baddness, sin

yola gelmek: (synonym: akıllanmak), to get one's head screwed on right, start thinking or behaving sensibly.

It is used for the case that you learn from your mistakes or sins and you can't and don't ever do them anymore.

eli kolu bağlı kalmak: used for hard situations in which you are and feel desperate and for which you have nothing to do.

yüreğine su serpilmek: to feel relieved, to feel a bit less sad thanks to someone's alleviating one's sadness, anxiety, or depression.

e.g. when you say to someone who begs you to forgive them, that you forgive them, they say, "yüreğime su serpildi."

çiğ süt emmiş: used for someone who does badness to or commit sins against to people from whom he/she got a great deal of help, favour, etc.

ağaca balta vurmuşlar 'sapı bedenimden' demiş: used for the situation that someone, who is ungreateful, does badness to or commit sins against especially their close friends.

ateş düştüğü yeri yakar: used to tell that no-one could understand and feel sorry for one's bitterness, pain or sorrow as much as that person feels.

günah çıkarmak: This is exactly the "confession" in Christianity. However, it is also commonly used for the case that someone tells or confesses their sins, mistakes, crimes or bad behaviours.

tövbe etmek: to vow not to do something, especially bad and unforgievable one like 'sin', again.

karnım zil çalıyor (karnı zil çalmak): Im very hungry

Allah iyiliğini versin: it s used when someone said something funny.

Tahtaya vurmak: when it s talked about a bad event may occur, people say "tahtaya vur tahtaya" and usually people pull their right ear and hit the wood with their hand.

Bendesin: I will pay

Abayı yakmak: aşık olmak- to fall in love

Ömrüne bereket: usually elder people use to young ppl. they say it to thank for something. it means god gives you alone life.


here are some I can remember now

Pagliaccio, Janissary, thank you so much

This is all very useful, cause these are the kind of things we dont always find in books.