Armut piş, ağzıma düş

Meaning: Wanting everything handed to you without effort.

Language: Turkish

Literally: Cook, pear, and fall into my mouth

Category: Food & Drink

Origin: Turkish folk expression about extreme laziness.

More idioms — Food & Drink

• Avoir le beurre et l'argent du beurre — To want to have it both ways.
• Faire la fine bouche — To be overly picky or hard to please.
• Tourner autour du pot — To beat around the bush.
• Casser du sucre sur le dos de quelqu'un — To talk behind someone's back.
• faire ses choux gras — Profiting greatly from a situation at someone else's expense.
• manger ses paroles — Having to take back or admit one was wrong about something said.

More Turkish idioms

• Bir fincan kahvenin kırk yıl hatırı vardır — Sharing coffee creates lasting bonds and social connections that endure for decades.
• Etekleri zil çalıyor — To be visibly bursting with joy.
• Pabucu dama atılmak — To fall out of favor and be cast aside.
• İğneyle kuyu kazmak — To undertake a painfully slow, laborious task.
• Havadan sudan konuşmak — To make idle small talk.
• Pireyi deve yapmak — To blow something tiny out of all proportion.

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