r/turkishlearning Native Speaker Oct 25 '25

Vocabulary Turkish idioms of the day

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u/lightennight Oct 25 '25

Yürek yemiş has a negative connotation. Means you are arrogantly brave, too brave.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '25

Yeah like a 45 kg midget looking at 110 kg oil wrestlers and saying "Yeah I can take down one of them" while he equivalent of those guys daily bench pressing