“You're the donkey!”

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.

• برو کشکتو بساب

  boro kashketo besâb

  “Go and grind your kashk.”

  Mind your own business, go away and do something useful.