pişmiş kelle gibi sırıtmak

Turkish

Etymology

Compound of pişmiş (“cooked”) +‎ kelle (“head”) +‎ gibi (“like”) +‎ sırıtmak (“to grin, to smirk in a way that indicates stupidity, surprise, cunning, or ridicule”), literally “to grin like a cooked head”, from the teeth of an animal's cooked head becoming visible as if grinning when cooked due to the skin shrinking away.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piʃ.miʃ cel.le ɟi.bi sɯ.ɾɯtˈmak/

Verb

pişmiş kelle gibi sırıtmak

  1. (simile) grin like a Cheshire cat
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