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The Rest of the Turkish Idiom Stories Origin stories to interest, amaze, and amuse you Akan sular... Indisputable, beyond contradition 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... Akan sular durmak (lit. To stop flowing waters) -- This idiom is used to acknowledge the definiteness of a law, the truth of a conclusion/oath/word, the validity and strength of a command. It figuratively means 'to be indisputable, be beyond contradiction'. The story... Turkey's idioms come from her culture, of course -- and that includes her religious culture. In Islam, it's believed that a doomsday cometh. On that day the stars will fall from the sky and burn up, the sun and the moon will break away, mountains will 'walk', the earth will tremble, and water will cease to flow. Thus, according to the idiom, the certainty of the 'Law of Gravity', for example, will endure -- right up to that final judgement day when all earthly things cease to matter, and when even water ceases to flow. 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