What is your favourite Turkish proverb and why?

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Leprechaun

Başa gelen çekilir = What can't be cured must be endured

and another one;

Su testisi su yolunda kırılır = Water jar breaks on the water way. ( makes me think peoples' lives end in the exact way they lived)

Edit: Edd, your translation is fine

DejaVu

'hamama giren terler'

meaning;whoever goes to Turkish bath heshe will sweat...

deeper meaning; 'if you have a dream and its a hard or unusual one and you still wanna go for it then you should expect the obstacles and pit falls...

genç türk

It is better to go around the bush than messing with the dog. (Çalıyı dolaşmak itle dalaşmaya yeğdir)

PLUS: If you socialize with the insane, don't be surprised if he comes and craps on the carpet.

edd

Azıksız yola çıkanın, iki gözü el torbasında olur.
Those who set off without provisions,will have a look at others' sacks all the time.

If a native speaker would tell me,whether my translation makes any sense in English,I would appriciate it.

HFC

every lamb hangs himself by it's own leg

Thanks "BosphorusTurkey"

I thought it meant that we get ourselves into trouble by our own mistakes

Sirin

"He is like one who steps sideways on his penis"...... said about a clumsy person.

:)

Jayhun

There is no soverinity like bachelorhood. (Bekarlik sultanliktir. )

my two favorites are
if you lift the wind you will get a hurricane
and the other is

dont take the innocents of some one humble, it will come out ten folds

fidget

Varsa var, yoksa yok. Yoksa, fark etmez.

If it happens it happens, if it doesn't it doesn't. If it doesn't happen, it doesn't matter anyway!

(That's a paraphrase rather than direct translation but it has the essence)

Crazy Eagle

"Our heads are in the West but our hearts are in the East."

Trotsky vs Kerensky- НекIо!

Ana gibi yar, vatan gibi diyar olmaz.
There's no lover like a mother, there is no place like motherland.

It's so true.

1-2m

Dolaşan kurt aç kalmaz
=
The wolf who goes around, will not be starvin

Totally Blunt

Lol, HFC, that's "every lamb is hung by its own leg", after the habit of hanging sheep by their legs, (explanation is for the questioner) meaning you're all by yourself if you are in a difficult position and you have to overcome it all by yourself... something like that.

The following are not a traditional proverbs, but have become very traditional among our politicians:

"Yesterday is yesterday, and today is today", meaning you can change ideals if it suits you, any time you like, any way you like. It is Demirel's saying and Mr.Erdogan and co. has used it very successfully, too.

There was another "Demirel proverb", I guess, "you can't wear down roads by walking on them", he had used it about protesters against him, meaning they can walk however they like, he just will keep doing what he likes. That's exactly what Erdogan is doing, too.

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