kuş uçurtmamak
Turkish
Alternative forms
- kuş uçurmamak
Verb
kuş uçurtmamak(intransitive, idiomatic)
- not to allow anything or anyone to escape or pass (from a place)
- (loosely) to be strictly protective or controlling (of a place)
See also
- kuş uçmaz kervan geçmez
Further reading
- “kuş uçurmamak (veya uçurtmamak)”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “kuş”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı