az+buz+(şey)+değil

1. small (amount), little. 2. few. 3. too small, too few, not enough, insufficient. 4. seldom, rarely. 5. /dan/ less (than). - bir şey only a little. - buçuk 1. scanty, hardly enough. 2. a little, somewhat. - bulmak /ı/ to consider (something) insufficient. - buz olmamak to be no small matter be a significant amount. -a çoğa bakmamak/- çok dememek to be satisfied with what one gets. -ı çoğa tutmak/saymak to accept a small amount as being a great plenty. - çok more or less. - daha almost, nearly. - değil! colloq. He is quite different from what he seems to be. - gitti uz gitti, dere tepe düz gitti. (in fairy tales) He traveled over hill and dale. - görmek /ı/ 1. to find (something) insufficient. 2. to find (something) to be less than expected. - günün adamı olmamak to have lived long and seen much. - iş değil. colloq. The work is not to be underrated. - kaldı/kalsın almost, nearly. - söyler, uz söyler. colloq. He says little, but what he says is significant. - tamah çok ziyan/zarar getirir. proverb A little greed causes great loss. - verip çok yalvarmak to pay back a little of one´s debt and plead for time for the rest. - ye de bir uşak tut. colloq. Don´t order me around!