baltayı taşa vurmak

== Turkish == === Etymology === Literally, “to hit the axe to the stone” === Verb === baltayı taşa vurmak (third-person singular simple present baltayı taşa vurur) (idiomatic) to mess up, to make a blunder Synonym: çuvallamak (idiomatic) to drop a brick Synonym: pot kırmak === Further reading === “baltayı taşa vurmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “balta”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı