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,-pi 1. light rope, cord; string. 2. prov. thread. -- atlamak to jump rope. -- cambazı ropedancer, tightrope walker. --e çekmek /ı/ to string (someone) up, hang (someone). --ini çekmek /ın/ to keep (someone) under control. --le çekmek /ı/ to be anxiously waiting for, be counting the days until. --i çözmek to sever relations with someone. --i çürük undependable. --e dizmek /ı/ to string. --leri elinde olmak /ın/ to exercise covert control over (something). --e gelesice/gelesi 1. low-down, damned. 2. bastard, scoundrel. -- inceldiği yerden kopar. proverb Trouble begins at a weak spot. -- ipullah sivri külah (someone) who has neither family nor possessions. -- kaçkını colloq. gallows bird, person who deserves to be hanged. --ten kazıktan kurtulmuş colloq. hardened criminal, thug. --ini kesmek slang 1. to run away, flee, clear out. 2. /ın/ to leave (someone) penniless. --i kırık slang ne´er-do-well, hoodlum, hood. --i kırmak slang 1. to slip away; to clear out. 2. to quit one´s job. 3. to sever relations with someone. --ini kırmak slang to get out of hand, become unmanageable. --i koparmak 1. to quit one´s job. 2. to sever relations with someone. --ten kuşak kuşanmak to become poor. --iyle kuyuya inilmez. /ın/ colloq. You can´t depend on him. -- merdiven rope ladder. --e sapa gelmemek to make no sense; to contain contradictions. --e sapa gelmez 1. confused; inconsistent; nonsensical. 2. vagabond, shiftless. --i sapı yok. colloq. It has no rhyme or reason. --ini sürümek to deserve to be hanged (for one´s crimes). --ini sürüyüp gezmek to wander around aimlessly, kill time. -- takmak /a/ to try to harm (someone) behind his back. -- takmamak /a/ slang not to give a damn (about). --in ucu elinde olmak /ın/ to be in control of things. --in ucunu kaçırmak to let things get out of hand, let something get out of control, let things go too far. --e un sermek to give someone a song and dance, try to put someone off with impossible excuses.