İğneyle kuyu kazmak
Meaning: To undertake a painfully slow, laborious task.
Language: Turkish
Literally: To dig a well with a needle
Category: Daily Life
Origin: The near-impossible patience of excavating a whole well using nothing but a needle.
More idioms — Daily Life
- الحبل على الكذب قصير — Lies never last; they are soon exposed.
- نوشدارو بعد از مرگ سهراب — A solution that arrives uselessly too late.
- קופצים על המציאה — To seize a great opportunity at once.
- תפסת מרובה לא תפסת — Overreach for too much and you end up with nothing.
- Розбити глек — To fall out and ruin a friendship.
- Ăn cơm nhà vác tù và hàng tổng — To do thankless public work at your own expense.
More Turkish idioms
- 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.
- İki ayağını bir pabuca sokmak — To rush and pressure someone relentlessly.
- Ayıkla pirincin taşını — Deal with it yourself; it's your mess.
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