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The Rest of the Turkish Idiom Stories Origin stories to interest, amaze, and amuse you Aynı tüfeğin demirinden From iron of the same gun Related Pages: Other Idioms Origin Stories, Index The Turkish Idioms A-Z, Index Turkish Acronyms/Abbreviations The Idiomatic M-Doublets Idioms Illustrated by Cartoons #1 The Rest of the Story about... Aynı tüfeğin demirinden... (Lit. From iron of the same gun...) -- Idiomatic Meaning: Two physical things that share the same characteristic; two situations or things of a negative nature that resemble each other. The story... Our source for this idiom attributes it to some boastful hunters. One day at the coffee shop where the hunters usually met to exaggerate their activities, one of their number began boasting about the superiority of his gun. "It's extremely sensitive, he said, "It never shifts left or right when I fire. It's sight is true, and no matter what I aim at -- be it a partridge or a rabbit -- it always delivers the bullet perfectly to the target without killing it, only enough to disable." A non-hunting regular of the coffee house overheard the boast and tossed off this remark to his friends (just loud enough for the whole room to hear), " I have a fire poker in my house that's probably made from the same iron as his gun (aynı tüfeğin demirinden). Because every time I throw it at my wife, I hit her in the heel -- a precise disabling blow." Related Pages: Other Idioms Origin Stories, Index The Turkish Idioms A-Z, Index Turkish Acronyms/Abbreviations The Idiomatic M-Doublets Idioms Illustrated by Cartoons #1 Unrelated fun: Frequently asked questions about Turkey and the Turkish language 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 Why Off-Color Turkish is important too Gossipy Turkish Who's Who Turkish Conventional and 'Erotik' Movies, Index