Throwing the Ashik

“Aşık atmak” is a Turkish idiom meaning to compete with or measure oneself against someone. This expression particularly refers to attempting to compete with someone who is superior or more powerful.

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In the past, children played games using small bones known as aşık kemikleri. In these games, children competed with each other, trying to gain superiority by throwing the aşık bones. It is from this practice that over time the phrase “aşık atmak” came to be used to mean “to compete” or “to rivalry”.

• “You are not someone who can compete with me.”
• “He tried to compete with his teacher who had so much knowledge.”
• “It was not easy for village children to compete with city children.”

In these examples, the idiom is used to mean to attempt to compete or to rivalry.

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