bükemediğin eli öpmek

English translation: if you can't beat 'em, join 'em

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Turkish term or phrase:bükemediğin eli öpmek
English translation:if you can't beat 'em, join 'em
Entered by: deniz acunaz

20:57 Mar 5, 2007
Turkish to English translations [PRO]
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Turkish term or phrase: bükemediğin eli öpmek
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Nil Ekinci
Local time: 19:25
if you can't beat 'em, join 'em
Explanation:
them tabi ama idiom, halk deyisi. oyle kullaniyorlar

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Note added at 23 mins (2007-03-05 21:21:31 GMT)
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fikir vermek icin. kolay gelsin
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deniz acunaz
Türkiye
Local time: 19:25
Grading comment
Cok yardimci oldu, tesekkurler.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +9if you can't beat 'em, join 'em
deniz acunaz
1to surrender whom you can't overcome
Buray


  

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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +9
if you can't beat 'em, join 'em


Explanation:
them tabi ama idiom, halk deyisi. oyle kullaniyorlar

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Note added at 23 mins (2007-03-05 21:21:31 GMT)
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http://www.answers.com/topic/if-you-can-t-beat-em-join-em
fikir vermek icin. kolay gelsin

deniz acunaz
Türkiye
Local time: 19:25
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Cok yardimci oldu, tesekkurler.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Simden Pilon: doğru yalnız 'them' şeklinde de söylenir, hatta yazılışta 'them' demek daha uygun
11 mins
  -> ben de yazmistim ya. haklisiniz tesekkurler

agree  Balaban Cerit
1 hr

agree  Serkan Doğan
1 hr

agree  chevirmen
2 hrs

agree  Fatima Argun
5 hrs

agree  transnirvana
8 hrs

agree  Taner Göde: In the merciless corporate world this would translate itself as "...buy 'em"
8 hrs

agree  Tim Drayton
11 hrs

agree  Mehmet Hascan
11 hrs
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
to surrender whom you can't overcome


Explanation:
bu önerdiğim ingilizce bir kalıp değil ama bükemediğin bileği öpmek tabirini bire bir vermek bağlamında öneriyorum.

Buray
Türkiye
Local time: 19:25
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
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