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kuyuda su var fakat itin burnu yetişmez


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Turkish to English translations [PRO]
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Turkish term or phrase: kuyuda su var fakat itin burnu yetişmez
Teşekkürler.
Çağdaş Karataş
Turkey
Local time: 20:04


Summary of answers provided
4You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drinkshule
3 +1The lazy pig does not eat ripe pears
İbrahim Tutuncuoglu
4the moon does not heed the barking dogs
M. Ali Bayraktar
1too small a snout to drink from that well
foghorn


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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
too small a snout to drink from that well


Explanation:
premature oldu ama ...N'apalım!

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Note added at 30 mins (2009-10-14 09:54:04 GMT)
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or too big, as the case may be...

foghorn
Turkey
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
the moon does not heed the barking dogs


Explanation:
İt ürür kervan yürürün değişik şekli

Ama söyleniş şekli
Kervan yürüyor işte, itin ürmesi neye yarar tarzında

M. Ali Bayraktar
Turkey
Local time: 20:04
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
kuyuda su var fakat it burnunu dokundurmaz
The lazy pig does not eat ripe pears


Explanation:
Sanki burada elinde olanak olduğu halde tembellik yapıp değerlendirmeyen kişiler anlatılıyor.

The lazy pig does not eat ripe pears,
Lazybones take all day to get started.

İbrahim Tutuncuoglu
Turkey
Local time: 20:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish

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agree  Fatih Şen (BA in ELL): kesinlikle
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1 day43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink


Explanation:

This idiom means you can offer something to someone, like good advice, but you cannot make them take it.



shule
Turkey
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