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Comment by kurthr

7 days ago

Put clowns in charge and you'll get a circus.

Öküz saraya çıkınca kral olmaz. Ama saray ahır olur.

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oersted  7 days ago

Translation: When the ox goes to the palace, he does not become a king. But the palace becomes a barn.

ben_w  7 days ago

> Öküz saraya çıkınca kral olmaz. Ama saray ahır olur.

I like the saying, but why Turkish? It's known in English also.

  • kurthr  7 days ago

    I'm sure it has a lot of sources, but it was popularized more recently as a mistranslated Circassian proverb, which caused a Turkish journalist to go to jail and then was picked up by various English news outlets.