Idioms quiz: how good is your command of Turkish?
'Etekleri zil çalmak' or 'buluttan nem kapmak'? In 10 idioms we measure the colourful world of Turkish.
Idioms are the memory of a language: the observation of centuries, squeezed into two or three words, is carried from tongue to tongue. Turkish is one of the richest languages in the world in this respect — but in daily life we hear most of them and pass on, never thinking about the meaning again.
In this quiz we ask the real meaning of 10 idioms. The options were built to confuse; do not rush, try using the idiom in a sentence in your head. At the end there is a little report card about your command of Turkish.
What does 'etekleri zil çalmak' mean?
Who is 'buluttan nem kapmak' said about?
What does 'tereciye tere satmak' mean?
What does 'iğneyle kuyu kazmak' describe?
Who is 'ağzında bakla ıslanmamak' said about?
What does 'pireyi deve yapmak' mean?
What does 'dereyi görmeden paçaları sıvamak' describe?
What does 'saman altından su yürütmek' mean?
What does 'kaş yapayım derken göz çıkarmak' describe?
What does 'Dimyat'a pirince giderken evdeki bulgurdan olmak' mean?
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