pitifully

"1. needle, sewing needle. 2. pin, straight pin; safety pin. 3. brooch, pin. 4. pointer, needle (of a gauge). 5. style, gnomon (of a sundial). 6. stinger, sting (of an insect). 7. bot. style. 8. fishhook. 9. needle (of a coniferous tree). 10. needle, hypodermic needle. 11. syringe, hypodermic syringe. 12. shot, injection. 13. pricking sensation, prick, pricking. 14. biting remark. - atsan yere düşmez. colloq. The place is packed./It´s bursting at the seams. - deliği/gözü the eye of a needle. - deliğinden Hindistan´ı seyretmek to be able to draw important conclusions from a small event. - ile kuyu kazmak 1. to try to do a hard job with pitifully inadequate means. 2. to do a job that demands a lot of time and patience. - ile vermek /ı/ to give (a medicine) hypodermically. - ipliğe dönmek to become very thin, turn to skin and bones. -ye iplik geçirmek to thread a needle. -den ipliğe kadar including even the smallest items. - iplik kalmak to become very thin, turn to skin and bones. - işi needlework. (Önce) -yi kendine batır, (sonra) çuvaldızı ele/başkasına. proverb Prick yourself with a needle before you stick a darning needle into others. - topuzu/topu head of a pin, pinhead. - üstünde oturmak to be on pins and needles, be on tenterhooks. - yapmak/vurmak /a/ to give (someone) a shot, give (someone) a hypodermic injection. - yastığı pincushion. - yemek to be given a shot, be given a hypodermic injection. - yutmuş maymuna dönmek/- yemiş ite dönmek to turn to skin and bones."

",-ku 1. arrow. 2. tongue, pole (of a wagon). 3. shank (of a ship´s anchor). 4. (porcupine´s) quill. - atımı bowshot (the distance an arrow flies, roughly 300 meters). - atmak to shoot an arrow. -unu atmış, yayını asmış. colloq. He´s done his bit; now he´s taking it easy for the rest of his life. - gibi fırlamak /dan/ to rush out of (a place) with lightning speed. - kılıfı quiver. - meydanı archery ground. - meydanında buhurdan yakmak 1. to try to heat a big place with something that is woefully inadequate to the task. 2. to try to accomplish something big with means that are pitifully inadequate. -a tutmak /ı/ to rain arrows upon. - yaydan çıktı. colloq. What´s done is done; there´s no turning back./The die is cast. "

1. extremely poor, very impoverished. 2. miserable, wretched. 3. pitifully worn-out or dilapidated. 4. morally bankrupt.