Etekleri zil çalıyor
Meaning: To be visibly bursting with joy.
Language: Turkish
Literally: Their skirts are ringing bells
Category: Daily Life
Origin: Ottoman-era dancers sewed tiny bells to their hems; great excitement set every bell ringing before a word was spoken.
More idioms — Daily Life
- Å være ute og sykle — To be completely mistaken or to have no idea what you're talking about.
- At tisse i bukserne for at holde varmen — A quick fix that makes the problem worse soon after.
- Heittää lusikka nurkkaan — To die.
- Olla pipo kireällä — To be uptight, grumpy or in a foul mood.
- Mít kliku — To be lucky.
- A freca menta — To waste time; to loaf around doing nothing useful.
More Turkish idioms
- 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.
- Armudun sapı var, üzümün çöpü var — To find fault with absolutely everything.
- Pabuç pahalı — Things are getting dangerous; time to be careful.
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