A
Ace! : Excellent! Very good!
Aerial pingpong : Australian Rules football
Amber fluid : beer
Ankle biter : small child
Apples, she'll be : It'll be alright
Arvo : afternoon
Aussie (pron. Ozzie) : Australian
Aussie salute : brushing away flies with the hand
Avos : avocados
B
B & S : Bachelors' and Spinsters' Ball - a very enjoyable party usually held in rural areas
Back of Bourke : a very long way away
Bail (somebody) up : to corner somebody physically
Bail out : depart, usually angrily
Banana bender : a person from Queensland
Barbie : barbecue (noun)
Barrack : to cheer on (football team etc.)
Bastard : term of endearment
Bathers : swimming costume
Battler : someone working hard and only just making a living
Beaut, beauty : great, fantastic
Big-note oneself : brag, boast
Bikkie : biscuit (also "it cost big bikkies" - it was expensive)
Billabong : an ox-bow river or watering hole
Billy : large tin can used to boil water over a campfire for tea
Bingle : motor vehicle accident
Bities : biting insects
Bitzer : mongrel dog (bits of this and bits of that)
Bizzo : business ("mind your own bizzo")
Black Stump, beyond the : a long way away, the back of nowhere
Bloke : man, guy
Bloody : very (bloody hard yakka)
Bloody oath! : that's certainly true
Blow in the bag : have a breathalyser test
Blowie : blow fly
Bludger : lazy person, layabout, somebody who always relies on other people to do things or lend him things
Blue : fight ("he was having a blue with his wife")
Blue, make a : make a mistake
Bluey : pack, equipment, traffic ticket, redhead
Bluey : blue cattle dog (named after its subtle markings) which is an excellent working dog. Everyone's favourite all-Aussie dog.
Bluey : heavy wool or felt jacket worn by mining and construction workers.
Bluey : bluebottle jellyfish
Bodgy : of inferior quality
Bog in : commence eating, to attack food with enthusiasm
Bog standard : basic, unadorned, without accessories (a bog standard car, telephone etc.)
Bondi cigar : see "brown-eyed mullet"
Bonzer : great, ripper
Boogie board : a hybrid, half-sized surf board
Boomer : a large male kangaroo
Booze bus : police vehicle used for catching drunk drivers
Boozer : a pub
Bored ****less : very bored
Bottle shop : liquor shop
Bottle-o : liquor shop (originally a man with hessian bags going around picking up beer bottles in the 50's and 60's)
Bottler : something excellent
Bottling, his blood's worth : he's an excellent, helpful bloke.
Bounce : a bully
Bourke Street, he doesn't know Christmas from : he's a bit slow in the head. (Bourke Street is a brightly lit Melbourne street)
Bowl of rice, not my : not my cup of tea; I don't like it
Brass razoo, he hasn't got a : he's very poor
Brekkie : breakfast
Brickie : bricklayer
Brisvegas : Brisbane, state capital of Queensland
Brizzie : Brisbane, state capital of Queensland
Brown-eyed mullet : a turd in the sea (where you're swimming!)
Brumby : a wild horse
Buck's night : stag party, male gathering the night before the wedding
Buckley's, Buckley's chance : no chance ("New Zealand stands Buckley's of beating Australia at football")
Bull bar : stout bar fixed to the front of a vehicle to protect it against hitting kangaroos
Bundy : short for Bundaberg, Queensland, and the brand of rum that's made there
Bunyip : mythical outback creature
Bush : the hinterland, the Outback, anywhere that isn't in town
Bush oyster : nasal mucus
Bush telly : campfire
Bushie : someone who lives in the Bush
Bushman's hanky : Emitting nasal mucus by placing one index finger on the outside of the nose (thus blocking one nostril) and blowing.
Bushranger : highwayman, outlaw
Butcher : small glass of beer in South Australia - From the theory that a butcher could take a quick break from his job, have a drink and be back at work
BYO : unlicensed restaurant where you have to Bring Your Own grog, also similar party or barbecue
C
Cactus : dead, not functioning ("this bloody washing machine is cactus")
Captain Cook : look (noun) ("let's have a Captain Cook")
Cark it : to die, cease functioning
Cat burying ****, as busy as a : busy
Cat's piss, as mean as : mean, stingy, uncharitable
Chewie : chewing gum
Chokkie : chocolate
Chook : a chicken
Chrissie : Christmas
Christmas : see Bourke Street
Chuck a sickie : take the day off sick from work when you're perfectly healthy
Chunder : vomit
Clacker : anus (from Latin cloaca = sewer). Also the single orifice of monotremes (platypus and echidna) used both for reproduction and for the elimination of body wastes.
Clayton's : fake, substitute
Cleanskin : Bottle of wine without a label. Usually bought in bulk by companies who then add their own personalised label and use the wine as e.g. gifts to clients
Click : kilometre - "it's 10 clicks away"
Clucky : feeling broody or maternal
Coathanger : Sydney Harbour bridge
Cobber : friend
Cockie : farmer. Also a cockatoo
Cockroach : a person from New South Wales
Coldie : a beer
Come a gutser : make a bad mistake, have an accident
Compo : Workers' Compensation pay
Conch (adj. conchy) : a conscientious person. Somebody who would rather work or study than go out and enjoy him/herself.
Cooee, not within : figuratively a long way away, far off - England weren't within cooee of beating Australia at cricket
Cook (noun) : One's wife
Corroboree : an aboriginal dance festival
Counter lunch : pub lunch
Cozzie : swimming costume
Crack a fat : get an erection
Crack onto (someone) : to hit on someone, pursue someone romantically
Cranky : in a bad mood, angry
Cream (verb) : defeat by a large margin
Crook : sick, or badly made
Crow eater : a person from South Australia
Cut lunch : sandwiches
Cut lunch commando : army reservist
Cut snake, mad as a : very angry
D
Dag : a funny person, nerd, goof
Daks : trousers
Damper : bread made from flour and water
Date : arse[hole] ("get off your fat date")
Dead dingo's donger, as dry as a : dry
Dead horse : Tomato sauce
Deadset : true, the truth
Dero : tramp, hobo, homeless person (from "derelict")
Dickhead : see "whacker"
Digger : a soldier
Dill : an idiot
Dingo's breakfast : a yawn, a leak and a good look round (i.e. no breakfast)
Dinkum, fair dinkum : true, real, genuine ("I'm a dinkum Aussie"; "is he fair dinkum?")
Dinky-di : the real thing, genuine
Dipstick : a loser, idiot
Divvy van : Police vehicle used for transporting criminals. Named after the protective 'division' between the driver and the villains.
Dob (somebody) in : inform on somebody. Hence dobber, a tell-tale
Docket : a bill, receipt
Doco : documentary
Dog : unattractive woman
Dog's balls, stands out like : obvious
Dog's eye : meat pie
Dole bludger : somebody on social assistance when unjustified
Donger : penis
Doodle : penis
Down Under : Australia and New Zealand
Drink with the flies : to drink alone
Drongo : a dope, stupid person
Dropkick : see 'dipstick'
Drum : information, tip-off ("I'll give you the drum")
Duchess : sideboard
Duffer, cattle : rustler
Dummy, spit the : get very upset at something
Dunny : outside lavatory
Dunny budgie : blowfly
Dunny rat, cunning as a : very cunning
Durry : cigarette
Dux : top of the class (n.); to be top of the class (v.) - "She duxed four of her subjects".
E
Earbashing : nagging, non-stop chatter
Ekka : the Brisbane Exhibition, an annual show
Esky : large insulated food/drink container for picnics, barbecues etc.
Exy : expensive
F
Face, off one's : drunk ("He was off his face by 9pm")
Fair dinkum : true, genuine
Fair go : a chance ("give a bloke a fair go")
Fair suck of the sav! : exclamation of wonder, awe, disbelief (see also "sav")
Fairy floss : candy floss, cotton candy
Feral : V8 ute (q.v.) sporting large heavy bullbar, numerous aerials, large truck mudflaps and stickers almost all over the rear window and tailgate. Sometimes seen with a Mack emblem on the bonnet and always with large (multiple) driving lights
Feral (n.) : a hippie
Figjam : "F*ck I'm good; just ask me". Nickname for people who have a high opinion of themselves.
Fisho : fishmonger
Flake : shark's flesh (sold in fish & chips shops)
Flat out like a lizard drinking : flat out, busy
Flick : to give something or somebody the flick is to get rid of it or him/her
Flick it on : to sell something, usually for a quick profit, soon after buying it.
Fly wire : gauze flyscreen covering a window or doorway.
Footy : Australian Rules football
Fossick : search, rummage ("fossicking through the kitchen drawers")
Fossick : to prospect, e.g. for gold
Fossicker : prospector, e.g. for gold
Franger : condom
Freckle : anus
Fremantle Doctor : the cooling afternoon breeze that arrives in Perth from the direction of Freeo
Freo : Fremantle in Western Australia
Frog in a sock, as cross as a : sounding angry - a person or your hard drive!
Fruit loop : fool
Full : drunk
G
G'Day : hello!
Gabba : Wooloongabba - the Brisbane cricket ground
Galah : fool, named after the bird of the same name which flies south in the winter - a bloody silly thing to do in the Southern Hemisphere
Garbo, garbologist : municipal garbage collector
Give it a burl : try it, have a go
Gobful, give a : to abuse, usually justifiably ("The neighbours were having a noisy party so I went and gave them a gobful")
Going off : used of a night spot or party that is a lot of fun - "the place was really going off"
Good oil : useful information, a good idea, the truth
Good onya : good for you, well done
Goog, as full as a : drunk. "Goog" is a variation of the northern English slangword "goggie" meaning an egg.
Greenie : environmentalist
Grinning like a shot fox : very happy, smugly satisfied
Grog : liquor, beer ("bring your own grog, you bludger")
Grouse (adj.) : great, terrific, very good
Grundies : undies, underwear (from Reg Grundy, a television person)
Gutful of piss : drunk, "he's got a gutful of piss"
Gyno : gynaecologist
H
Handle : beer glass with a handle
Heaps : a lot, e.g. "thanks heaps", "(s)he earned heaps of money" etc.
Holy dooley! : an exclamation of surprise = "Good heavens!", "My goodness!" "Good grief!" or similar
Hoon : hooligan
Hooroo : goodbye
Hotel : often just a pub
Hottie : hot water bottle
I
Icy pole, ice block : popsicle, lollypop
J
Jackaroo : a male station hand (a station is a big farm/grazing property)
Jillaroo : a female station hand
Joey : baby kangaroo
Journo : journalist
Jumbuck : sheep
K
Kangaroos loose in the top paddock : Intellectually inadequate ("he's got kangaroos loose in the top paddock")
Kelpie : Australian sheepdog originally bred from Scottish collie
Kero : kerosene
Kindie : kindergarten
Knock : to criticise
Knock back : refusal (noun), refuse (transitive verb)
Knocker : somebody who criticises
L
Lair : a flashily dressed young man of brash and vulgar behaviour, to dress up in flashy clothes, to renovate or dress up something in bad taste
Lair it up : to behave in a brash and vulgar manner
Larrikin : a bloke who is always enjoying himself, harmless prankster
Lend of, to have a : to take advantage of somebody's gullibility, to have someone on ("he's having a lend of you")
Lippy : lipstick
Liquid laugh : vomit
Lizard drinking, flat out like a : flat out, busy
Lob, lob in : drop in to see someone ("the rellies have lobbed")
Lollies : sweets, candy
London to a brick : absolute certainty ("it's London to a brick that taxes won't go down")
Long paddock : the side of the road where livestock is grazed during droughts
Longneck : 750ml bottle of beer in South Australia
Lucky Country, The : Australia, where else?
Lunch, who opened their? : OK, who farted?
Lurk : illegal or underhanded racket
M
Maccas (pron. "mackers") : McDonald's (the hamburger place)
Mallee bull, as fit as a : very fit and strong. The Mallee is very arid beef country in Victoria/South Australia.
Manchester : Household linen, eg sheets etc.
Mappa Tassie : map of Tasmania - a woman's pubic area
Mate : buddy, friend
Mate's rate, mate's discount : cheaper than usual for a "friend"
Matilda : swagman's bedding, sleeping roll
Metho : methylated spirits
Mexican : a person from south of the (Queensland) border
Mickey Mouse : excellent, very good. Beware though - in some parts of Australia it means inconsequential, frivolous or not very good!
Middy : 285 ml beer glass in New South Wales
Milk bar : corner shop that sells takeaway food
Milko : milkman
Mob : group of people, not necessarily troublesome
Mob : family or herd (?) of kangaroos
Mongrel : despicable person
Moolah : money
Mozzie : mosquito
Muddy : mud crab (a great delicacy)
Mug : friendly insult ("have a go, yer mug"), gullible person
Mull : grass (the kind you smoke)
Muster : round up sheep or cattle
N
Nasho : National Service (compulsory military service)
Naughty, have a : have sex
Never Never : the Outback, centre of Australia
Nipper : young surf lifesaver
No drama : same as 'no worries'
No worries! : Expression of forgiveness or reassurance (No problem; forget about it; I can do it; Yes, I'll do it)
No-hoper : somebody who'll never do well
Not the full quid : not bright intellectually
Nuddy, in the : naked
Nun's nasty, as dry as a : dry
O
O.S. : overseas ("he's gone O.S.")
Ocker : an unsophisticated person
Offsider : an assistant, helper
Oldies : parents - "I'll have to ask my oldies"
Outback : interior of Australia
Oz : Australia!
P
Paddock : see 'long paddock'
Pash : a long passionate kiss; hence "pashing on"
Pav : Pavlova - a rich, creamy Australian dessert
Perve (noun & verb) : looking lustfully at the opposite sex
Piece of piss : easy task
Pig's arse! : I don't agree with you
Piker : Someone who doesn't want to fit in with others socially, leaves parties early
Pint : large glass of beer (esp. in South Australia)
Piss : beer. Hence "hit the piss", "sink some piss"
Plate, bring a : Instruction on party or BBQ invitation to bring your own food. It doesn't mean they're short of crockery!
Plonk : cheap wine
Pokies : poker machines, fruit machines, gambling slot machines
Polly : politician
Pom, pommy : an Englishman
Pommy bastard : an Englishman
Pommy shower : using deodorant instead of taking a shower
Pommy's towel, as dry as a : very dry - based on the canard that Poms bathe about once a month
Port : suitcase (portmanteau)
Postie : postman, mailman
Pot : 285 ml beer glass in Queensland and Victoria
Pozzy : position - get a good pozzy at the football stadium
Prezzy : present, gift
Q
Quid, make a : earn a living - "are you making a quid?"
Quid, not the full : of low IQ. [Historical note: 'quid' is slang for a pound. £1 became $2 when Australia converted to decimal currency]
R
Rack off : push off! get lost! get out of here! also "rack off hairy legs!".
Rage : party
Rage on : to continue partying - "we raged on until 3am"
Rapt : pleased, delighted
Ratbag : mild insult
Raw prawn, to come the : to bull****, to be generally disagreeable
Reckon! : you bet! Absolutely!
Reffo : refugee
Rego : vehicle registration
Rellie or relo : family relative
Ridgy-didge : original, genuine
Right : okay ("she'll be right, mate")
Rip snorter : great, fantastic - "it was a rip snorter of a party"
Ripper : great, fantastic - "it was a ripper party"
Ripper, you little! : Exclamation of delight or as a reaction to good news
Road train : big truck with many trailers
Rock up : to turn up, to arrive - "we rocked up at their house at 8pm"
Rollie : a cigarette that you roll yourself
Roo : kangaroo
Root (verb and noun) : synonym for f*ck in nearly all its senses: "I feel rooted"; "this washing machine is rooted"; "(s)he's a good root". A very useful word in fairly polite company.
Ropeable : very angry
Rort (verb or noun) : Cheating, fiddling, defrauding (expenses, the system etc.). Usually used of politicians
Rotten : drunk - "I went out last night and got rotten"
Rubbish (verb) : to criticize
S
Salute, Aussie : brushing flies away
Salvos, the : Salvation Army, bless them
Sandgroper : a person from Western Australia
Sanger : a sandwich
Sav : saveloy (see also "fair suck of the sav!")
Schooner : large beer glass in Queensland; medium beer glass in South Australia
Scratchy : instant lottery ticket
Screamer : party lover; "two pot screamer" - somebody who gets drunk on very little alcohol
Seppo : an American
Servo : petrol station
Shark biscuit : somebody new to surfing
She'll be right : it'll turn out okay
Sheila : a woman
Shonky : dubious, underhanded. E.g. a shonky practice, shonky business etc.
Shoot through : to leave
Shout : turn to buy - a round of drinks usually ("it's your shout")
Show pony : someone who tries hard, by his dress or behaviour, to impress those around him.
Sickie : day off sick from work (chuck a sickie = take the day off sick from work when you're perfectly healthy!)
Skite : boast, brag
Skull/Skol (a beer) : to drink a beer in a single draught without taking a breath
Slab : a carton of 24 bottles or cans of beer
Sleepout : house verandah converted to a bedroom
Smoko : smoke or coffee break
Snag : a sausage
Sook : person or animal who is soft, tame, inoffensive. Hence sooky (adj.)
Spag bol : spaghetti bolognese
Spewin' : very angry
Spiffy, pretty spiffy : great, excellent
Spit the dummy : get very upset at something
Spruiker : man who stands outside a nightclub or restaurant trying to persuade people to enter
Sprung : caught doing something wrong
Spunk : a good looking person (of either sex)
Squizz (noun) : look - "take a squizz at this"
Standover man : a large man, usually gang-related, who threatens people with physical violence in order to have his wishes carried out.
Station : a big farm/grazing property
Stickybeak : nosy person
Stoked : very pleased
Strewth : exclamation, mild oath ("Strewth, that Chris is a bonzer bloke")
Strides : trousers
Strine : Australian slang and pronunciation
Stubby : a 375ml. beer bottle
Stubby holder : polystyrene insulated holder for a stubby
Stuffed, I feel : I'm tired
Stuffed, I'll be : expression of surprise
Sunbake : sunbathe
Sunnies : sunglasses
Surfies : people who go surfing - usually more often than they go to work!
Swag : rolled up bedding etc. carried by a swagman
Swaggie : swagman
Swagman : tramp, hobo
T
Tall poppies : successful people
Tall poppy syndrome : the tendency to criticize successful people
Tallie : 750ml bottle of beer
Taswegian : derogatory term for a person from Tasmania
Technicolor yawn : vomit
Tee-up : to set up (an appointment)
Thingo : Wadjamacallit, thingummy, whatsit
Thongs : cheap rubber backless sandals
Throw-down : small bottle of beer which you can throw down quickly.
Tickets, to have on oneself : to have a high opinion of oneself
Tinny : can of beer
Tinny : lucky
Tinny : small aluminium boat
Togs : swim suit
Too right! : definitely!
Top End : far north of Australia
Trackie daks/dacks : tracksuit pants
Trackies : track suit
Troppo, gone : to have escaped to a state of tropical madness; to have lost the veneer of civilisation after spending too long in the tropics.
Trough lolly : the solid piece of perfumed disinfectant in a men's urinal
Truckie : truck driver
True blue : patriotic
Tucker : food
Tucker-bag : food bag
Turps : turpentine, alcoholic drink
Turps, hit the : go on a drinking binge
Two up : gambling game played by spinning two coins simultaneously
U
Uni : university
Unit : flat, apartment
Up oneself : have a high opinion of oneself - "he's really up himself"
Up somebody, get : to rebuke somebody - "the boss got up me for being late"
Useful as an ashtray on a motorbike / tits on a bull : unhelpful or incompetent person or thing - "he, she or it is about as useful as tits on a bull" etc. etc.
Ute : utility vehicle, pickup truck
V
Vedgies : vegetables
Vee dub : Volkswagen
Veg out : relax in front of the TV (like a vegetable)
Vejjo : vegetarian
Vinnie's : St. Vincent De Paul's (charity thrift stores and hostels)
W
WACA (pron. whacker) : Western Australian Cricket Association and the Perth cricket ground
Waggin' school : playing truant
Walkabout : a walk in the Outback by Aborigines that lasts for an indefinite amount of time
Walkabout, it's gone : it's lost, can't be found
Whacker, whacka : Idiot; somebody who talks drivel; somebody with whom you have little patience; a dickhead
Whinge : complain
White pointers : topless (female) sunbathers
Whiteant (verb) : to criticise something to deter somebody from buying it. A car dealer might whiteant another dealer's cars or a real estate salesman might whiteant another agent's property
Wobbly : excitable behaviour ("I complained about the food and the waiter threw a wobbly")
Wobbly boot on, he's got the : drunk
Wog : flu or trivial illness
Wog : person of Mediterranean origin. A milder insult than the same word in the UK and perhaps elsewhere.
Wombat : somebody who eats, roots and leaves (see also root)
Woop Woop : invented name for any small unimportant town - "he lives in Woop Woop"
Wowser : straight-laced person, prude, puritan, spoilsport
Wuss : coward; nervous person or animal
X
XXXX : pronounced Four X, brand of beer made in Queensland
Y
Yabber : talk (a lot)
Yakka : work (noun)
Yewy : u-turn in traffic ("chuck a yewy at the next traffic lights")
Yobbo : an uncouth person
Z
Zack : sixpence (5 cents) - "it isn't worth a zack", "he hasn't got a zack"
Slang Dictionary / Argo Sözlügü
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İngilizce Atasözleri / English Proverbs
Give a dog bad name and hang him
Adamın adı çıkacağına canı çıksın
A quiet baby gets no suck
Ağlamayana meme yok
Better late than never
Geç olsun güç olmasın
Easy come, easy go
Haydan gelen huya gider
Barking dog never bites
Havlayan köpek ısırmaz
It never rains, but pours
Aksilikler hep üst üste gelir
Your mother alone will be wail on you
Ağlarsa anam ağlar, gerisi yalan ağlar
You can't teach an old dog new tricks
Ağaç yaşken eğilir
Save up something for a rainy day
Ak akçe kara gün içindir
Every cloud has a silver lining
Her felakette bir hayır vardır
All that glitters isn't gold
Her sakallıyı deden sanma
Man make houses, women make homes
Yuvayı dişi kuş yapar
Better lose the saddle than the horse
Zararın neresinden dönülürse kardır
A rolling stone gathers no moss
Yuvarlanan taş yosun tutmaz
If the cap fits, wear it
Yarası olan gocunur
Cheats never prosper
Yalancının mumu yatsıya kadar yanar
Too many cooks spoil the broth
Horozu çok olan köyde sabah erken olur
Two cunning men will not try to make a dupe of each other
İki cambaz aynı ipte oynamaz
Talk of the devil and you'll see his hoofs
İti an çomağı hazırla
A friend in need is a friend indeed
Dost kara günde belli olur
A change is as good as a rest
Tebdili mekanda hayır vardır
Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs
Tereciye tere satılmaz
Cleanliness is next to godliness
Temizlik imandan gelir
Do as the Romans do when in Rome
Ya bu deveyi güdersin, ya bu diyardan gidersin
Speech is silver, but silence is gold
Söz gümüşse sükut altındır
The early bird gets the worm
Sona kalan dona kalır
He that laughs last laughs best
Son gülen iyi güler
Once burnt twice shy
Sütten ağzı yanan yoğurdu üfleyerek yer
Good words are worth much, and cost little
Tatlı söz yılanı deliğinden çıkarır
Throw out a sprat to catch a mackerel
Kaz gelecek yerden tavuk esirgenmez
All his geese are swans
Karga yavrusunu şahin görür
As you make your bed, you lie on it
Kendi düşen ağlamaz
Spare the rod and spoil the child
Kızını dövmeyen dizini döver
The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest
Komşunun tavuğu komşuya kaz görünür
Nothing venture, nothing have
Korkak bezirgan ne kar eder ne ziyan
Covards die many times before their deaths
Korkunun ecele faydası yoktur
The rotten apple injures its neighbours
Körle yatan şaşı kalkar
Bad news travels fast
Kötü haber tez yayılır
As you sow, so you shall reap
Ne ekersen onu biçersin
Christmas come but once a year
Papaz bir kere pilav yer
Who pays the piper calls the tune
Parayı veren düdüğü çalar
Everything comes to him who waits
Sabreden derviş muradına ermiş
All well that ends well
Sonu iyi biten herşey iyidir
It's not over until the fat lady sings
Dereyi görmeden paçaları sıvama
An apple a day keeps the doctor away
Güneş girmeyen eve doktor girer
PROVERBS (ATASÖZLERİ)
- A -
1- Acele işe şeytan karışır.
More haste more waste
Haste makes waste
More haste less speed
2- Acı patlıcanı kırağı çalmaz
The worthless ned no protection
3- Aç esner, aşık gerinir. (Davranışlar niyeti gösterir.)
Manners betray feelings.
4- Aç it fırını deler.
Retaliation is a cure.
Retaliation puts an end to bitter pills.
5- Aç tavuk arpa sandığını sayıklar.
A hopeful wish comes through in a dream.
6- Adamın (insanın) adı çıkacağına canı çıksın.
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
7- Afiyet olsun demekle deniz suyu içilmez.
Compliments do not succeed in all cases.
8- Ağacı kurt, insanı dert yer.
Care killed a cat.
9- Ağacın kurdu içinden olur.
Decline begins by internal strife.
10- Ağaç yaş iken eğilir.
You can't teach an old dog a new trick.
11- Ağlamayan çocuğa meme verilmez.
A quiet baby gets no suck.
It's the creaking wheel that gets the grease.
12- Ağlarsa anam ağlar, gerisi yalan ağlar.
Your mother alone will be wail you.
13- Ahmak adam söz bulamayınca bahse girer.
A wager is a fool's argument.
14- Ak akçe kara gün içindir.
Keep something for a rainy day.
15- Akıllı köprüyü alıncaya kadar deli dereyi geçer.
He who hesitates is lost.
16- Aksilikler hep üst üste gelir.
It never rains but pours.
17- Alet işler, el öğüner.
A bad workman always blames his tools
18- Alma mazlumun ahını, çıkar aheste aheste.
Don't make a martyr sigh, you will pay for it by and by.
19- Altın çamura düşmekle değer yitirmez.
A rose by another name would smell as sweet.
20- Anlayana sivrisinek saz, anlamayana davul zurna az.
A word to the wise in enough.
21- Araba devrildikten sonra yol gösteren çok olur.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
22- Arayan mevlasını da bulur, belasını da.
He that seeks find.
23- Armut ağacın dibine düşer.
What is bred in the bone will never came out of the flesh.
24- Arzular gerçekleşse, çingeneler attan inmezdi.
If the wishes were horses, the gypsies would ride them.
25- Aslanın ölüsünden tilkinin dirisi yeğdir.
A living dog is better than a dead lion.
26- Ateş olmayan yerden duman çıkmaz.
There's no smoke without fire.
27- Ayağını yorganına göre uzat.
Cut your coat according to your cloth.
28- Aynasi iştir kişinin lafa bakılmaz.
Deeds are fruits, words are but leaves.
Actions speak louder than voice.
29- Azı çalan çoğu da çalar.
He who will steal the eggs, will steal the hen.
- B -
30- Bağış eden endaze tutmaz.
The generous do not scrutinize.
- Bahtın borusu öterse kim olsa oynar.
He dances well to whom the fortune pipes.
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
- Bakan göze yasak olmaz.
A cat may look at a king.
- Bakarsan bağ olur, bakmazsan dağ.
It is the want of care that makes the field bare.
- Bal tutan parmağını yalar.
He who has something to do with a big deal will always draw some profit.
- Balık baştan kokar, su dipten bulanır.
Trouble starts either by senseless leadership or by underground activities.
- Bana arkadaşını söyle, sana kim olduğunu söyleyeyim.
Tell me with whom thou goest and I'll tell thee what thou doest.
- Başa gelen çekilir.
What can't be cured must be endured.
- Battı balık yan gider.
If for penny, in for a pound.
- Beterin beteri var.
Nothing so bad but might have been worse.
- Bıçak yarası geçer, dil yarası geçmez.
Words cut more than swords.
- Bir çiçekle yaz gelmez.
One swallow doesn't bring the summer.
- Bir çocuktan bir deliden al haberi.
Children and fools speak the truth.
- Bir elin nesi var, iki elin sesi var.
Many hands make light work.
- Bir fincan kahvenin kırk yıl hatırı var.
A miss is as good as a mile.
- Bir mıh nal kurtarır, bir nal bir at kurtarır.
A stitch in time saves nine.
- Bir pire için yorgan yakar.
He that takes revenge at all costs.
- Boş fıçı çok langırdar.
Empty vessels make the most noise.
- Bu deveyi ya güdersin ya da bu diyardan gidersin.
When in Rome do as the Romans do.
- Bugünkü tavuk yarınki kazdan iyidir.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
- Bugünün işini yarına bırakma.
It is unwise to negotiate what is not in hand.
- C -
- Can boğazdan gelir.
Good food is the back bone of life.
- Can çıkmayınca huy çıkmaz.
Habit lasts for a life-time.
- Cahil ile bal yeme, yaşdaş ile taş taşı.
You do well to accompany somebody about your age.
- Cahil ile çıkma yola, getirir başına bin türlü bela.
Lack of experience invites trouble.
- Canı yanan eşek, attan rahvan olur.
Suffering imposes great efforts
- Ç-
- Çabuk koşan çabuk yorulur.
He that runs fast will not run long.
- Çalma elin kapısını, çalarlar kapını.
Tit for tat.
- Çapalı tarlada ayrık türemez.
The well-brought up will not become undesirable
- D -
- Dağda sallanmaz ama zelzele onu sallar
Mountains may be removed with eathquakes.
- Dağ dağ üstüne olur, ev ev üstüne olmaz.
Two households (families) cannot get on in one house.
- Dağ dağa kavuşmaz insan insana kavuşur.
Friends may always meet but mountains never.
- Dağ yürümezse apdal yürür
If the mountain will not go to Mohammed,
Mohammed will go to the mountain.
- Damda pekmezin olsun, sinek Bağdat'tan gelir..
The choice and the loveable lack no suitors.
- Damlaya damlaya göl olur.
Many a mickle makes a muckle.
- Demir tavında dövülür.
Strike while the iron is hot.
- Denizde balık pazarı olmaz.
Charity begins at home.
- Denize düşen yılana sarılır.
A drowning man will catch a strow.
- Dereyi görmeden paçaları sıvama
Don't cross the bridge before you get there.
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
- Deve bir akçaya , deve bin akçaya.
A thing you don't want is dear at any price.
- Dilencinin torbası olmaz.
Beggar's bags are bottomless.
- Dilenciye hıyar vermişler eğri diye beğenmemiş.
Beggars cannot (must not) be choosers.
- Dinsizin hakkından imansız gelir.
Diamond cut diamond.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
- E -
- Ecel gelince başa, baş ağrısı bahane.
Death is a debt to pay, the cause is meaningless.
- Eğilen baş kesilmez.
Better bend than break.
A fault confessed is "half-redressed".
- Eğilmek kırılmaktan yeğdir.
Give in rather than suffer.
- Ekmeği yiyen bilmez doğrayan bilir.
One that toils feels the burnt.
- El yarası geçer, dil yarası geçmez.
A broken heart will never be mended.
- Elde bir kuş ağaçta bir kuştan yeğdir.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
- Erken yatmak, erken kalkmak insanı sağlıklı, zengin ve akıllı yapar.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
- Eski çamlar bardak oldu.
Other times, other ways.
Let bygones be bygones.
- Et tırnaktan ayrılmaz, (Kan bağı herşeyden kuvvetlidir.
Blood is thicker than water.
- Evi ev eden avrat, yurdu şen eden devlet.
A cheerful wife is the joy of life.
- Evvela can sonra canan.
şebab. (Güzellik gelip geçicidir.)
Beauty is but skin deep.
- F -
- Felek kimine kaftan giydirir, kimine yelek; kimine kavun yedirir, kimine kelek.
A man must live according to his destiny.
- Fındıkçının terazisi olmaz.
A player has no conscience.
- Fırsat bir rüzgardır ki bilinmez nereden eser.
A chance comes without warning.
- Fırtınadan sonra mayna olur.
After a storm comes a calm.
- Fukarayı bir kahve ile savarsın, zengine ne ikram edem şaşarsın.
- G -
- Garip kuşun yuvasını Allah yapar.
God is the protector of the destitute.
- Geceleri su uyur düşman uyamaz.
- Geç olsun da güç olmasın.
Better late than never.
- Gerçek arkadaş kara günde belli olur.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
- Geçmişe mazi derler.
Let bygones be bygones.
- Geveze kişi ya işinden kalır, ya da yolundan.
Jabbering causes loss of time and money.
- Görünen köy kılavuz istemez.
Good wine needs no bush.
- Görünüşe aldanmamalı.
Appearances are deceptive.
- Güle başka isim verseler de yine gül.
A rose by another name would smell as sweet.
- Gülü seven dikenine katlanır.
Who loves the rose should put up with its thorns.
- Gün doğmadan neler doğar.
It is the unexpected theta always happen.
- Güvenme güzelliğine bir sivilce yeter, güvenme malına bir kıvılcım yeter
Beauty is but skin deep.
- Güzelim diye mağrur olma, tez savar vakti
A drenched man does not fear the rain.
- H -
- Haberdar olan haltetmez.
Forewarned is forearmed.
- Hacı hacıyı Mekke'de domuz domuzu suvatta tanır.
Your haunts decide your acquaintances.
- Halep orada ise arşın buradadır.
Your achievements elsewhere can be proved here.
- Hatasız kul olmaz.
Even the best steed sometimes stumbles.
- Havlayan köpek ısırmaz.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
Its bark is worse than his bite.
- Haydan gelen huya gider.
Easy come, easy go.
- Hediye atın dişine bakılmaz.
Don't look a gift horse in the mounth.
- Her felakette bir hayır vardır.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
- Her kuşun eti yenmez.
One man's meat is another one's poison.
- Her sakallıyı deden sanma.
All that glitters is not gold.
- Herşeyde bir hayır vardır.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
- Herşeyin fazlası zarar.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Enough is enough.
- Horozu çok olan köyde sabah erken olur.
Many cocks spail the broth.
- I -
- Isını ağırlayan, itine kemik atar.
Look after your dog if you want to enjoy your property.
- Isıran it dişini göstermez.
En evil-doer hides his weapon.
The poor are slighted, the rich are courted.
- Isırgın ile taharet olmaz.
A villian's deed cannot be charity.
- Islanmışın yağmurdan korkusu olmaz.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
- İ -
- İçecek suya çamur atılmaz.
Mud not the fountain that giveth drink to thee.
-İhtiyaç icadın anasıdır.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
- İki cambaz aynı ipte oynamaz.
Two cunning men will not try to make a dupe of each other.
- İlk atan okçudur.
A prompt action is the proof of efficiency.
- İnsan ikrarı hayvan yuları ile tutulur.
Careless talk gives show away.
Let not your tongue cut your throat.
- İt ulur, birbirini bulur.
Birds of a feather flock together.
- İti an, çomağı hazırla.
Talk of the devil and you see his hoofs.
- İtiraf edilmiş bir suç yarı ıslah edilmiş demektir.
A fault confessed is half-redressed.
- İyi başlamak bitirmenin yarısıdır.
A good beginning is half the battle.
- İyi dost kara günde belli olur.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
- K -
- Kabul olunmayacak duaya amin denmez.
What is inadmissable meets with deaf ear.
- Kaçan balık büşük olur.
Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear.
- Karga yavrusunu şahin görür.
All his geese are swans.
- Kaynayan yağa sinek konmaz.
Danger keeps harmful people away.
- Kazan kazana dibin kara seninki benden kara demiş.
A faulty person should not criticize the other.
A pot (should not) call the kettle black.
- Kendi düşen ağlamaz.
As you make your bed, you'll lie on it.
- Kızını dövmeyen dizini döver.
- Kişiyi vezir eden de rezil eden de karısıdır.
A good wife is a good prize.
A cheerful wife is the joy of life.
- Komşunun tavuğu komşuya kaz karısı da kız görünürmüş.
The apples on the other side of the wall are sweetest.
The grass is greener on the other side of the fence.
- Korkak bezirgan ne kâr eder ne ziyan.
Nothing venture, nothing have.
- Korkulu rüya görmektense uyanık yatmak yeğdir.
Better be sorry than sure.
- Korkunun ecele faydası yoktur.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
- Koyun olmayan köyde keçiye Abdurrahman Çelebi derler.
Among the blind one-eyed man is king.
- Körle yatan şaşı kalkar.
The rotten apple injures its neighbours.
- Kötü haber tez yayılır.
Ill (bad) news travels apace (fast).
- Kurdun yavrusu kuzu olmaz.
A villian's deed cannot be charity.
- M -
- Mart kapıdan baktırır, kazma kürek yaktırır.
Cast ne'er a clout fill may is out.
- Meramın elinden birşey kurtulamaz.
Where there's life, there is hope.
- Murat insandan, takdir Allah'tan.
Man proposes, God disposes.
- N -
- Ne ekersen onu biçersin.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
- O -
- Olmaya devlet cihanda, bir nefes sıhhat gibi.
Health is better than wealth.
- P -
- Para parayı çeker.
Money makes (breeds) money.
- Paran çoksa dostun da çok.
He that hath a full purse never wanted friend.
- Parayı veren düdüğü çalar.
Who pays the piper calls the tune.
- Perşembenin gelişi çarşambadan belli olur.
Coming events cast their shadows before.
- S -
- Sabreden derviş muradına ermiş.
Everything comes to him two waits.
- Sakınılan göze çöp batar.
What one fears always happen.
- Sandıktaki sırtında ambardaki karnında.
He has nothing but what you see of him.
- Sen elinden geleni yap, gerisini Allah'a bırak.
God helps him who helps himself.
- Sırçadan evi olan komşuya taş atmaz.
Those that live in glass houses should not throw stones.
- Son gülen iyi güler.
He laughs best who laughs last.
- Sona kalan dona kalır.
Early bird gets the worm.
First come, first served.
- Sonu iyi biten herşey iyidir.
All is well that ends well.
- Söz gümüşse sükut altındır.
Speech is silver, but silence is gold.
- Su akarken testiyi doldurmalı.
Make hay while the sun shines.
- Su testisi su yolunda kırılır.
The pitcher goes so often to the well that it is broken at last.
- Sükut ikrardan gelir.
Silence gives consent.
- Sütten ağzı yanan yoğurdu üfleyerek yer.
Once burnt twice shy.
A burnt (bunt) child dreads the fire.
- T -
- Tereciye tere satılmaz.
Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
- Temizlik imandan gelir.
Cleanliness is next to Godliness.
- Y -
- Yalancının mumu yatsıya kadar yanar.
Cheats never prosper.
- Yarası olan gocunur.
If the cap fits, wear it.
- Ye kürküm ye.
Fine feathers make fine birds.
- Yumuşak huylu atın çiftesi pek yavuz olur.
Still waters run deep.
- Yuvarlanan taş yosun tutmaz.
Still waters run deep.
- Yuvayı dişi kuş yapar.
Men make houses, women make homes.
- Yüz güzelliği hamamdan eve, öz güzelliği Urum'dan Şam'a.
Beauty is but skin deep.
- Z –
- Zararın neresinden dönülse kârdır.
Better lose the saddle than the horse.
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