Some proverbs and sayings

aç kurt aslana saldırır  ---> [ literal meaning]  The hungry wolf attacks the lion.

* A person who is starving takes any risk just to fill his stomach, even it is a life threatening risk. 

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abuk sabuk konuşmak  ----->  [ literal meaning] Talking abuk sabuk. [abuk sabuk has no meaning] 

* Talking nonsense, talking inconsideratenessly, talking silly, talking without knowing what is he /she talking about.

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ağzına sağlık    ---->  [ literal meaning]  Health to your mouth.

* This saying is used when you like someone´s speech or words. You show your liking their words by saying this expession. May be the closest expression in English would be " WELL SAID ! "

Ağzına sağlık ! Ne güzel konuştun !  

Well said !  You said good ! You talked so good ! 

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aldı sazı eline  ---->  [ literal meaning]  He/She  took the saz into his hand. [note:  saz is Turkish stringed music instrument]

* In a group conversation, It is said to a person who talks so much that the other people can not get a chance to say a word. 

Kasım yine aldı sazı eline. 

Kasım once again talks so much that he doesn´t give other people chance to talk.

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Allah’ın bildiği kuldan saklanmaz  ---->  There is no need to hide things from people while God knows those things.

* God knows all our mistakes, faults , guilts. Therefore there is no need to hide them from people. Cus they are not secrets as God already knows them all.

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this is soooo cool

ayağına sağlık   ---->  [ literal meaning]  Health to your feet. 

*This expression is said to guests. That means " Your coming [visiting ] made me[us] happy. 

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 bir baltaya sap olamamak ----> [ literal meaning] to be unable to become a handle for an axe.

* This is used to describe a person who has no permanent decent job in life. A person who failed in getting a good job or profession it is may be because he didn´t try enough.

note that this has a negative meaning as by saying this we blame that person. 

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ayağına sağlık   ---->  [ literal meaning]  Health to your feet. 

*This expression is said to guests. That means " Your coming [visiting ] made me[us] happy. 

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 bir baltaya sap olamamak ----> [ literal meaning] to be unable to become a handle for an axe.

* This is used to describe a person who has no permanent decent job in life. A person who failed in getting a good job or profession it is may be because he didn´t try enough.

note that this has a negative meaning as by saying this we blame that person. 

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This is the one I like:

Sabır acıdır, meyvesi tatlıdır.

 Literaly: Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

English equivalent: Bitter pills may have blessed effects.

But to keep in alphabetical order:

Babası oğluna bir bağ bağışlamış, oğul babaya bir salkım üzüm vermemiş.

Literaly: 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.

 Kendini bir şey sanmak  ---> To think himself/herself something. 

It refers a person who thinks himself/herself better, different  than he/she actually is.

O kendini bir şey sanıyor --->  He thinks ,he is something.

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(bir şeyi) gözü gibi sakınmak [esirgemek] --->  To protect something or somebody just like his eyes.

* It is referring an action of protecting something or somebody with an extreme care.

Erman´ın gözü gibi sakındığı arabası dün bozuldu.

Erman´s car which he was looking after it with an extreme care, has been broken down yesterday.