el elin eşeğini türkü çağırarak arar

Turkish

Alternative forms

  • el elin eşeğini yırlaya yırlaya arar; el elin eşeğini yırlaya yırlaya, kendi eşeğini terleye terleye arar

Etymology

Literally, “others search other people's donkey while singing”

Proverb

el elin eşeğini türkü çağırarak arar

  1. other people do not give enough attention to the problems of another person

Further reading

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