برو کشکتو بساب
boro kashketo besâb
“Go and grind your kashk.”
Mind your own business, go away and do something useful.
Heard in the wild
به تو چه که من چی پوشیدم؟ برو کشکتو بساب!
What's it to you what I'm wearing? Go and mind your own business!
A note
Kashk, dried whey, once came in hard balls that had to be ground down by hand: a long, dull kitchen chore.
More teasing and scolding
خاک تو سرت!
khâk tu saret!
“Dirt on your head!”
Shame on you, you hopeless thing. Can be a real scolding, but between family and close friends it is often half fond and half exasperated.
دیگ به دیگ میگه روت سیاه
dig be dig mige rut siâh
“The pot tells the pot: your face is black!”
The pot calling the kettle black: said when someone criticises a fault they share.
موش تو سوراخ نمیرفت، جارو به دمش میبست
mush tu surâkh nemiraft, jâru be domesh mibast
“The mouse couldn't fit into its hole, so it tied a broom to its tail.”
Said of someone who can't manage their own affairs but piles on more, or drags others along with them.
منو سر کار گذاشتی؟
mano sar-e kâr gozâshti?
“Did you put me to work?”
Are you pulling my leg? Sar-e kâr gozâshtan means to prank someone or string them along.