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09:24 Oct 14, 2009

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Turkish to English translations [PRO]
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Turkish term or phrase: kuyuda su var fakat itin burnu yetişmez

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Çağdaş Karataş KudoZ activity Questions: 172 (none open) (15 closed without grading) Answers: 898 Turkey
Local time: 04:24

Summary of answers provided

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink

shule

3 +1

The lazy pig does not eat ripe pears

TurkishEnglishTranslator.com "Бёcäטsع Լîfe's cômplicåtعd eñøugh"

the moon does not heed the barking dogs

M. Ali Bayraktar

too small a snout to drink from that well

foghorn

Discussion entries: 5

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28 mins confidence:

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
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Turkish,

English

1 hr confidence:

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: 04:24
Native speaker of:

Turkish
PRO pts in category: 16

21 hrs confidence:

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.

TurkishEnglishTranslator.com "Бёcäטsع Լîfe's cômplicåtعd eñøugh"
Turkey
Local time: 04:24
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Turkish
PRO pts in category: 24

1 day43 mins confidence:

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
Local time: 04:24
Native speaker of:

Turkish

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