göz boyamak

Turkish

Etymology

Compound of göz (eye) + boyamak (to paint), literally to paint (someone's) eye. Cognate with Kazakh көз бойау (köz boiau).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɟœz.bo.ja.mak/
  • Hyphenation: göz‧bo‧ya‧mak

Verb

göz boyamak (third-person singular simple present göz boyar)

  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To misrepresent something to look much better than it actually is in order to trick someone; to put lipstick on a pig.
    Hükümet sadece göz boyuyor, sağ eliyle verdiğini sol eliyle geri alıyor.The government is just putting lipstick on a pig, gives with the right hand and takes back with the left.

Conjugation

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  • göz ardı etmek
  • göz atmak
  • göz yummak
  • gözden çıkarmak
  • gözden geçirmek
  • göze almak
  • göze batmak
  • göze çarpmak
  • gözü dalmak
  • gözü doymak
  • gözü ısırmak

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