ağaca balta vurmuşlar "sapı bedenimden" demiş

Turkish

Etymology

Literally, they struck a tree with an axe, and it said "its handle is from my body". The handle of an axe is wooden.

Proverb

ağaca balta vurmuşlar "sapı bedenimden" demiş

  1. even the closest person to someone can do harm to them

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