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To Sprinkle Flour on a Rope The expression "İpe un sermek" means to find various excuses to avoid doing something or to delay it. Just as flour sprinkled on a rope cannot stick and will immediately fall off, this idiom describes an attempt to prevent something from happening by inventing implausible reasons. Where Does It Come From? Although the exact origin of this expression is unknown, there is a plausible story behind it. In the past, people would hang their laundry on ropes to dry after was