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Ali'nin külahı Veli'de, Veli'nin külahı Ali'de	rob Peter to pay Paul	Özden Arıkan
aynası iştir kişinin lafa bakılmaz	actions speak louder than words	(Non-member)
çocuktan al haberi	Little pitchers have big ears	(Non-member)
üç buçuk atmak	to get scared out of one's wits	(Non-member)
başarı çıtasını yükseltmek	(to) raise the bar	(Non-member)
bükemediğin eli öpmek	if you can't beat 'em, join 'em	(Non-member)
Bir ben vardır bende benden içeri	There is an I within me, deep, deeper than I	(Non-member)
Bir dirhem sevgimizin gücü	power of love	Alp Berker
cevabı yapıştırmak	to retort	(Non-member)
dünyanın çivisi yerinden çıkmış	The world is out of joint. / The world has gone to the dogs.	(Non-member)
diline pelesenk olmak	tautologizing	M. Ali Bayraktar
ekmek mushaf çarpsın ki	I swear on my mother's grave	(Non-member)
fincancı katırlarını ürkütmek	to bring unnecessary trouble upon oneself	(Non-member)
Gülme komşuna gelir başına!	He who laughs (gloats) at other people's misfortunes may one day meet (suffer) the same fate.	(Non-member)
halka hizmet hakka hizmettir	Serving People is Serving God	(Non-member)
hayırdır inşallah	I hope nothing's wrong	(Non-member)
her işte bir hayır vardır	every cloud has a silver lining	(Non-member)
her yer her yerde	all over the place	(Non-member)
insafsız karalamalar yapmak	Launch a cruel smear campaign against ....	(Non-member)
kafaya koymak	to set one's mind	Gönül Taban Çolak

kendinden menkul	self-styled	(Non-member)
komşuda pişer bize de düşer	Maybe we\'ll benefit from our neighbor\'s good fortune	Mine Somyurek
korktuğum başıma geliyor	it turns out the way I feared	(Non-member)
kıro	hillbilly, hick (both are offensive terms, as is the original)	(Non-member)
lafın gelişi	just for the hell of it	(Non-member)
Nasıl başlarsa, öyle gider.	As the twig is bent, so grows the tree	(Non-member)
Ne hali varsa görsün...	I wash my hands of him!	(Non-member)
Oğlan aldı oyuna gitti, çoban aldı koyuna gitti	to take bad care of one's wealth/assets	M. Ali Bayraktar
siktin belamı	you screwed me up	(Non-member)
tahtalı köy	marble orchard	(Non-member)
tribünlere oynamak	play to the crowd	(Non-member)
Ununu elemek, eleğini asmak	Been there, done that	Alp Berker
yemek [sorudaki bağlamda]	to eat [someone] up	Özden Arıkan

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