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Anan soğan baban sarımsak, sen nereden oldun be ıspanak

English translation: Howcome you do not reflect your parents offspring?


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Turkish term or phrase:Anan soğan baban sarımsak, sen nereden oldun be ıspanak
English translation:Howcome you do not reflect your parents offspring?
Entered by: M. Ali Bayraktar
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23:17 Mar 1, 2010
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Turkish term or phrase: Anan soğan baban sarımsak, sen nereden oldun be ıspanak
Kime çektin sen böyle anlamında kullanılıyor.
Anlamı yansıtmaktan ziyade, eskilerin (yaşlıların) kullandıkları deyimler/atasözleri vb arıyorum.

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M. Ali Bayraktar
Turkey
Local time: 06:22
Howcome you do not reflect your parents offspring?
Explanation:
Orijinalin anlamini biraz veriyor, diye dusundum.
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ATIL KAYHAN
Turkey
Local time: 06:22
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Teşekkür ederim
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +1The apple does not fall far from the tree.
TurkishEnglishTranslator.com "Бёcäטsع Լîfe's cômplicåtعd eñøugh"
5What's this disdain? we know you inside and out.
Salih YILDIRIM
3 +1Howcome you do not reflect your parents offspring?
ATIL KAYHAN
3It's really hard to say who you've actually taken after! you mother/your mother's side of the family
Mehmet Hascan


  

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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Howcome you do not reflect your parents offspring?


Explanation:
Orijinalin anlamini biraz veriyor, diye dusundum.

ATIL KAYHAN
Turkey
Local time: 06:22
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Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 12
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Teşekkür ederim

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agree  Kevser Oezcan
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
The apple does not fall far from the tree.


Explanation:
The apple does not fall far from the tree. So why are you an exception?

TurkishEnglishTranslator.com "Бёcäטsع Լîfe's cômplicåtعd eñøugh"
Turkey
Local time: 06:22
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  efeA: it is obviously not the same meaning, unless that last question "so why are you an exception?" is added, whihc makes it sound a bit off but compared to other answers this is the only idiomatic answer. Others are all translations of the meaning.
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
It's really hard to say who you've actually taken after! you mother/your mother's side of the family


Explanation:
It's really hard to say who you've actually taken after! you mother/your mother's side of the family or your dad/ your dad's.

Mehmet Hascan
Ireland
Local time: 04:22
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 32
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
What's this disdain? we know you inside and out.


Explanation:
I'd employ this phrase.

Salih YILDIRIM
Turkey
Local time: 06:22
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 8
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