Havadan sudan konuşmak

Meaning: To make idle small talk.

Language: Turkish

Literally: To talk of weather and water

Category: Nature

Origin: Chatting about trivial, neutral things like the weather is the Turkish picture of light conversation.

More idioms — Nature

• آب از سرش گذشته — It is already too late to save the situation.
• Sambil menyelam minum air — To accomplish two things in one go.
• Air tenang menghanyutkan — Quiet people can run surprisingly deep.
• Að ganga með grasið í skónum — To be secretly in love or full of longing.
• Mlatiti praznu slamu — To engage in pointless talk or effort.
• Bacati drvlje i kamenje — To hurl furious abuse at someone.

More Turkish idioms

• 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.
• İki ayağını bir pabuca sokmak — To rush and pressure someone relentlessly.
• Ayıkla pirincin taşını — Deal with it yourself; it's your mess.
• Nazar değmesin — Knock on wood; hope nothing ruins this good thing.

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