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The Rest of the Turkish Idiom Stories Origin stories to interest, amaze, and amuse you Acemi çaylak... Raw and inexperienced Related Pages: Other Idioms Origin Stories, Index The Turkish Idioms A-Z, Index The Idiomatic M-Doublets Idioms Illustrated by Cartoons #1 The Rest of the Story about... Acemi çaylak (lit. beginner hawk) -- idiomatic meaning is 'raw and inexperienced.' The story... The 'çaylak' (a hawk-like bird), about 60 centimeters in length as an adult, is indigenous to Turkey. Because it's a bird with a heavy body, its young take a long time learning how to fly -- and do a lot of falling and crashing. It is this awkwardness of the çaylak young that is the source of the idiom. Related Pages: Other Idioms Origin Stories, Index The Turkish Idioms A-Z, Index The Idiomatic M-Doublets Idioms Illustrated by Cartoons #1 Unrelated fun: Tarkan's Metamorphosis Album -- Christmas Day Release Turkish Music -- Tarkan Real-Life Weight Loss a la turc (with booklet) Habibullah and the Great Cannon Caper A simple Turkish 'thing'... Turkish Music -- Kayahan Turkish Belly Dancers Turkish Food and Beverage Turkish Terms Of Endearment Turkish Personal Names Politically Incorrect Turkish Humor Off-Color Turkish Gossipy Turkish Who's Who Turkish Conventional and 'Erotik' Movies, Index