# idioms_content

c0written_rep: Hetanî tu çendîn hespa li newala da nekujiyî, tu nabî beytoreke baş
c1translations:
["Until you’ve killed lots of horses in the valleys, you won't be a good vet","practice makes perfect"]


c0written_rep: Kanala Guardafuiyê
c1translations:
["Cape Guardafui Channel","Cape Guardafui Strait","Guardafui Channel","Guardafui-Socotra Channel","Ras Asir-Socotra Strait","Ras Hafun Strait"]


c0written_rep: badan
c1translations:
["wrest","contort","distort","twirl","wrench","wriggle","twisting","contortion","convolute","curling","flexure","torsion"]


c0written_rep: badandin
c1translations:
["contort","distort","divert","inflect","meander","turning","contortion","convolute","curling","flexure","torsion","tortuosity"]


c0written_rep: berxweketî
c1translations:
["distraught","down at the mouth","down at the mouth, down in the dumps","down in the dumps","resentful","roisterer"]


c0written_rep: berçav
c1translations:
["concrete","eccentric","evident","remarkable","striking","unmistakable","clear","distinct","lucid","obvious","plain","explicit"]


c0written_rep: bi navê Xwedayê dilnerm û dilovan
c1translations:
["In the Name of God Most Gracious Most Merciful","In the Name of Xweda, the Merciful Benefactor, the Merciful Redeemer."]


c0written_rep: bi şev li dêrê ye, bi roj li mizgeftê ye
c1translations:
["be all things to all men","have your cake and eat it","hedge one's bets","sit on the fence","try to have it both ways"]


c0written_rep: bidor
c1translations:
["alternation","dimensionally","in turn","make the round of gera","systematically","tier upon tier"]


c0written_rep: bihagiran
c1translations:
["expensive","valuable","precious","all the tea in China","big-ticket","burn a hole in one's pocket"]


c0written_rep: bêhêvî
c1translations:
["hopeless","desperate","despairing","despondent","down at the mouth","down at the mouth, down in the dumps"]


c0written_rep: deverîkirin
c1translations:
["decentralizing","devolution","provincializing","regionalization","regionalizing","territorializing"]


c0written_rep: dewê ceribandî ji mastê neceribandî çêtir e
c1translations:
["better the devil you know than the angel you don't know","better the devil you know than the devil you don't know","buttermilk you've tested is better than yoghurt you haven't tested"]


c0written_rep: di gel gurgî dixwit û di gel xwedanan lê digerit
c1translations:
["he devours the flock with the wolf but then with the owner he goes looking for the sheep","two-faced"]


c0written_rep: di nava nal û bizmarê de man
c1translations:
["between a rock and a hard place","catch-22","caught between the Devil and the deep blue sea","damned if you do, damned if you don't"]


c0written_rep: dibêje lê napêje
c1translations:
["full of hot air","he's all talk and no bake","says one thing, does another","talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk"]


c0written_rep: dirî
c1translations:
["blackberry","bramble","brier","feroci","ferociousness","ferocity","locational","spatiality","spine","sutured","tailored"]


c0written_rep: dê bêjî min nanek ya xwarî, wî kerek
c1translations:
["(dynamic equivalent) It's as if I've eaten at the Ritz and he's had beans on toast","(lit) you might complain 'I ate a whole loaf and he ate one slice'"]


c0written_rep: dîkil e
c1translations:
["the Rolls Royce","the bee's knees","the cat's whiskers","the dog's bollocks","top banana","top dog"]


c0written_rep: dûr ketin
c1translations:
["divergence","divergence, divergency","divergency","edge away from","give a wide berth to","hold aloof"]


c0written_rep: ew dibêje, lê napêje
c1translations:
["I wouldn't trust him as far as I can throw him","he talks the talk, but doesn't walk the walk","he's full of hot air"]


c0written_rep: ez çiya û tu çiya, golik man bê giya
c1translations:
["I am a mountain and you're a mountain and the calves are left without grass (to eat)","When two sides can't reach an agreement and therefore are left in a debilitating stalemate"]


c0written_rep: eza
c1translations:
["cruelty","hardship","long-suffering","suffering","torment","member","associate","organ","theocrat"]


c0written_rep: hejandin
c1translations:
["shake","wag","bob","convulse","jiggling","waving","agitate","confound","flit","jerking","joggle","joggling"]


c0written_rep: heker tu yê razî, ehlen we sehlen; eger ne, serê xwe li taqekî bide
c1translations:
["if you are satisfied, it's 'you're welcome'; if not, you bang your head against the wall in frustration","my way or the highway","strong-willed"]


c0written_rep: helkişîn
c1translations:
["ascend","ablate","ablation","ascending","asiate","deracinating","climb up","eventrating","eventration"]


c0written_rep: her teviyekê li erdekî didet
c1translations:
["he's all over the place","he/she is talking nonsense","mumbo jumbo","talking nonsense","talking nonsequiturs"]


c0written_rep: here rêkê, bila ya dîr bît; jinê bîne, bila ya pîr bît
c1translations:
["Get going on your way, even if it's the long way round, and get on and marry, even if she's an older woman","If you take a wife, better one who is wise and learned than one who is beautiful and dumb"]


c0written_rep: hesp û qesp def (yekî) wekî êk in
c1translations:
["a horse and a date are to him/her one and the same","big-hearted","of a person who is so generous that they'll be as willing to give you a horse as they are a date"]


c0written_rep: heta nîva destî reş nebit, tama devî xoş nabit
c1translations:
["Unless you blacken your palms, your taste buds won't be satisfied","no pain, no gain","the early bird catches the worm"]


c0written_rep: heçî ne li malekê, nizanit halekê
c1translations:
["Try to sympapthise with someone's situation before criticising them","Unless you go to someone's home, you don't understand their situation","be quick to listen, slow to speak"]


c0written_rep: ji mêşê dikete gamêş
c1translations:
["He'll make a fly into a buffalo","make a fuss about nothing","making a mountain out of a molehill","storm in a teacup"]


c0written_rep: jêagadarbûn
c1translations:
["becoming aware of","becoming informed about","being aware of","being informed about","being informed of"]


c0written_rep: kade
c1translations:
["Assyrian holiday cookie","Kolaczki","Kurdish stuffed cookie","biscuit","dried-fruit pastry","kleiche"]


c0written_rep: kakûnî
c1translations:
["interest","concern","wonder","worry","need","requirement","demand","deprivation","desideratum","exigence"]


c0written_rep: karûş
c1translations:
["Arabian millet","Cuba grass","Egyptian millet","Johnson grass","Means grass","creeping dog's tooth grass"]


c0written_rep: kera dixesînît
c1translations:
["diddly-squat","just sittin' on the dock of the bay/ Wastin' time","sod all","sweet Fanny Adams","twiddle one's thumbs"]


c0written_rep: kerax
c1translations:
["farmer without land supported with his family by landowner in exchange for his labour","side","disgusting","abominable","detestable","repugnant","repulsive","revolting"]


c0written_rep: kok
c1translations:
["root","origin","radical","stem","elegant","fastness","agreement","concord","concordance","harmony","unison"]


c0written_rep: man
c1translations:
["stay","remain","abide","stay over","sojourn","be played out","fuck","remaining","rest","subsist","subsistence","survival"]


c0written_rep: meyîn
c1translations:
["fermentation","clot","coagulate","ferment","leavening","working","baa","bleat","blat","bleating","curdle","coagulase","coagulation","congealment"]


c0written_rep: mijûltir ji deyka zavayî
c1translations:
["busy as a bee","run around like a headless chicken","run off one's feet","there's a lot on my plate at the moment"]


c0written_rep: navmalî
c1translations:
["domestic","domiciliary","furniture","home","home made","home-grown","family","folks","house","household","menage","tame","domesticated","livestock"]


c0written_rep: negiring
c1translations:
["insignificant","unimportant","inconsequent","inconsequential","nonsignificant","nothing to make a song about"]


c0written_rep: neguhêrbarîtî
c1translations:
["immutability","immutableness","inalterability","inconvertibility","inflexibility","invariableness"]


c0written_rep: neravebarîtî
c1translations:
["indescribability","ineffability","ineffableness","inexplicability","inexplicableness","inscrutableness"]


c0written_rep: perixîn
c1translations:
["break-down","caress","decay","fondle","palm","rotten","to caress","to fondle","to palm","to stroke"]


c0written_rep: piştî tirrê, qun miçandin pê nevêt
c1translations:
["after you've farted, clenching your buttocks achieves nothing","there's no point crying over spilt milk"]


c0written_rep: pêzan
c1translations:
["conversant","fortune teller","geomancer","haruspex","have one's finger on the pulse","soothsayer"]


c0written_rep: pêşbiryardan
c1translations:
["predestinarianism","predestination","predetermination","prejudgment","prejudication","preordainment"]


c0written_rep: qelî
c1translations:
["boiled mutton","cured meat","fried or boiled strips of lamb or mutton with onion and sometimes other vegetables","jerked meat","stir fry"]


c0written_rep: qeşmerî
c1translations:
["clowning","depths of degradation","drollness","irresponsibility","irresponsibleness","recklesnes"]


c0written_rep: rezrûvîk
c1translations:
["black nightshade","garden nightshade","hound's berry","petty morel","popolo","small-fruited black nightshade"]


c0written_rep: serve qat e, ji bin ve pat e
c1translations:
["a suit on the outside, rags on the inside","all that glitters is not gold","don't judge a book by its cover","regalia on show, rags below","window-dressing"]


c0written_rep: sosyalîzma reel
c1translations:
["actually existing socialism","developed socialism","real socialism","really existing socialism","state socialism"]


c0written_rep: tam
c1translations:
["complete","exact","full","integral","perfect","precise","taste","flavour","flavor","exactly","just","perfectly"]


c0written_rep: veder
c1translations:
["aside","isolation","out of the way","out-of-the-way","outside of","isolated","remote","aloof","apart","distant","marginal"]


c0written_rep: vegirtin
c1translations:
["conquer","infect","catch on","come down with","reave","spread","catching","contagiousness","invasion","seizure"]


c0written_rep: vîtamîn waw
c1translations:
["friends in high places","influence","it's not what you know but who you know","jobs for the boys","old school tie","the ability to pull strings"]


c0written_rep: xemilandin
c1translations:
["adorn","decorate","beautify","adorning","array","arrayal","adornment","decor","decoration","embellishment","enrichment","figuration"]


c0written_rep: xwe tê negehand
c1translations:
["be economical with the truth","being less than truthful","he did not want to do it","he did not want to understand"]


c0written_rep: xwelî bi serê yekî de kirin
c1translations:
["mess someone around","put a spanner in the works","throw dust on someone's head","waste someone's time"]


c0written_rep: xwelîser
c1translations:
["fool","idiot","person upon whose family calamity has fallen","person whose family has been devastated"]


c0written_rep: xweragirî
c1translations:
["composedness","imperturbability","imperturbableness","imperviousness","nonchalance","perseverance"]


c0written_rep: yê biçîte masiya dê qûna wî ter bît
c1translations:
["If you go fishing, you're going to get a wet backside","he that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens","no pain no gain"]


c0written_rep: zan
c1translations:
["deliverance","delivering","engender","farrow","farrowing","gendering","reproduce","accouchement","childbirth","droplet","engendering","gender"]


c0written_rep: zelam yêt heyn û zelamoşk jî yêt heyn
c1translations:
["There are men and there are manlets","are you a man or a mouse?","sort out the men from the boys","when the going gets tough, the tough get going"]


c0written_rep: zik û binzik
c1translations:
["like we say he's one-track minded (always thinking about sex)","stomach and below the stomach(genitals)"]


c0written_rep: zilkî di çavê me de dibînît, bes garîteyî di çavê xwe de nabînît
c1translations:
["the pot calling the kettle black","they notice a speck of wood in our eyes, but can't see the beam in their eyes"]


c0written_rep: zor
c1translations:
["arduous","force","pressure","dynamic","killing","knotty","compulsion","demanding","dreadfully","dys","hard","manifold"]


c0written_rep: çi xêra bo xwe naket
c1translations:
["it can't do any charity for itself","it's gotta be done, init?","said of any object that is fixed or needs fixing"]


c0written_rep: çirisîn
c1translations:
["shine","glitter","sparkle","brighten","gleam","glint","flare","flashing","flickering","fulgurate","gleaming","glimmer"]


c0written_rep: şatir
c1translations:
["calculating","canny","crafty","dodgy","foxy","sharp","sly","cunning","shrewd","astute","wily","artful"]


c0written_rep: şulkerê xwe be, xweștiviyê xelkî be
c1translations:
["Attend to your own affairs and so be loved by people","be your own labourer, and be loved by people"]


