ağzıyla kuş tutmak
Turkish
Etymology
Literally, “to catch a bird with one's mouth”
Verb
- (idiomatic) to do everything one can, usually to satisfy someone else
Further reading
- “ağzıyla kuş tutsa...”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “ağız”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı