Saturday, 11 September 2010

Fezaurus #7

İmam osuruyor, cemaat sıçıyor - the priest farts, the congregation shits.

Comparable to the English "give them an inch and they'll take a yard", this beautifully imaginative phrase is used in situations where the lower echelons of society take the piss (or, in this case, a shit).

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2 comments:

  1. C.I.9/14/2010 7:05 pm

    The correct form is slightly different.

    İmam osurursa cemaat sıçar:
    If the priest farts, the congregation shits.

    :D

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  2. Aybige-Kedi Defteri3/02/2011 11:31 am

    "Give them an inch they'll take a yard" is "Elini verirsen kolunu kaptırırsın". Cheers from London.

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