Some Turkish Proverbs December, Ankara

Aç ayı oynamaz ( The hungry bear doesn’t dance) : When someone is hungry, h/she is unwilling to do anything 2/29

Bedava sirke baldan tatlıdır ( Free vinegar is sweeter than the honey): If something is free of charge, then it may be thought as to be better, more adventageous than the one to be bought. 3/29

Et Tırnaktan ayrılmaz ( The nail can not be seperated from its flesh) : There are some bound parts,some people not to be put apart from each other in any case. 4/29

5/29 Güneş balçıkla sıvanmaz ( The sun can not be covered with mud) : It is impossible to hide all things especially the ones visible, wellknown by everyone.

Havlayan köpek ısırmaz ( The barking dog doesn’t bite) : The dangerous seeming situations are not always as dangerous as they seem 6/29

Parayı veren düdüğü çalar ( The one paying for the pipe, then he is the one to play it) :You should pay for something that you really want. 7/29

Sütten ağzı yanan yoğurdu üfleyerek yer ( The one burning his mouth with hot milk eats yoghurt blowing onto the it) : When someone has a bad experience in a case, he is about to be a lot more careful about the related situations. 8/29

9/29 Taşıma su ile değirmen dönmez ( The watermill can not turn around itself with the water carried by people) : There are some mechanism which should process by themselves.

Yazın gölge hoş, kışın çuval boş ( The shade is nice in summer, the sack is empty in winter) : If you spend the summer in vain, you can not supply your food, other needs for winter. Any work should be performed on time for further times. 10/29

Kelin ilacı olsa başına sürer ( If someone bald has an ointment for baldness, he probably uses it first): If there is a solution for someone’s problem he/she will probly use it. 11/29

Thanks … Şair Abdurrahim Karakoç Secondary School Sincan- Ankara Turkey December,2013 "Bu proje T.C. Avrupa Birliği Bakanlığı, AB Eğitim ve Gençlik Programları Merkezi Başkanlığınca (Ulusal Ajanshttp:// yürütülen Hayatboyu Öğrenme Programı (LLP) kapsamında ve Avrupa Komisyonu'ndan sağlanan hibeyle gerçekleştirilmiştir. Ancak burada yer alan görüşlerden Ulusal Ajans veya Avrupa Komisyonu sorumlu tutulamaz." 12/29