balık kavağa çıkınca

Turkish

Etymology

Compound of balık (fish) + kavak (poplar (tree)) + -a (dative suffix) + çık- (to exit, to get up on, to climb) + -ınca (adverbial suffix), literally when/if the fish climbs a poplar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈlɯk.ka.vaːa.t͡ʃɯˈkɯn.d͡ʒa/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lık‧ka‧va‧ğa‧çı‧kın‧ca

Adverb

balık kavağa çıkınca

  1. (sarcastic, idiomatic) when pigs fly, when hell freezes over
    Synonyms: çıkmaz ayın son çarşambası, kırmızı kar yağınca
  • balık baştan avlanır
  • balık baştan kokar
  • başında kavak yelleri esmek

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