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English translation: to form a human barrier

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Turkish term or phrase:	etten duvar örmek
English translation:	to form a human barrier
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20:09 Feb 8, 2012

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Turkish term or phrase: etten duvar örmek

Polis konuk takım için etten duvar ördü..

ruled KudoZ activity Questions: 173 (2 open) (45 closed without grading) Answers: 1
Local time: 11:36

to form a human barrier

Explanation:
- Polis konuk takım için etten duvar ördü.

- The police formed a human barrier for/around the visiting team.

He said when security staff and police "charged through" the open door the students linked arms and formed a human barrier to stop them from entering.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-12217009

They formed a human barrier between the protesters and the Army.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/3/news...

Violence erupted and police formed a human barrier to stop EDL getting into Guildhall Square and grabbing scaffolding poles.
http://edlnews.co.uk/featured/the-english-defence-league-201...

On April 3, 2009, it was reported in the press that residents of the village of Broughton in Buckinghamshire formed a human barrier to stop a Google car from photographing the village.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Street_View_privacy_conc...

activists from a range of environmental groups formed a human barrier to block access to a coal plant being built by Dominion in rural Wise ...
www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1856987,00.html

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Gardai formed a human barrier in response, pushing protestors backward.
(Gardai = "The Police" in Ireland"
http://politico.ie/index.php/village-archive/components/\htt...

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... and the Police Service of Northern Ireland, formed a human barrier as violence threatened to erupt.
http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/north-east-news/2010/05/30/r...

Selected response from:

Mehmet Hascan
Ireland
Local time: 09:36

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +5

to form a human barricade

Cryogenix

5 +1

to form a human barrier

Mehmet Hascan

form a human shield

Recep Kurt

form a human wall

Alp Berker

Answers

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

to form a human barricade

Explanation:
The police formed a human barricade...

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Note added at 7 mins (2012-02-08 20:17:05 GMT)
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http://tinyurl.com/7xltbtb

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Note added at 8 mins (2012-02-08 20:17:55 GMT)
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"Police barricade" dersek, polis araçlarıyla kurulan barikatla karışacaktır. Buradaki "human" esprisi, bu gibi durumları ifade etmek için kullanılır.

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Bunlar da görselleri:

http://tinyurl.com/7sec78w

Cryogenix
Turkey
Local time: 11:36
Native speaker of:

Turkish
PRO pts in category: 16

39 mins confidence:

form a human wall

Explanation:
sometimes referred to as a human chain also.
Commonly used term.

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https://www.google.com/search?q="human wall"&oe=utf-8&rls=or...

Reference: http://www.salem-news.com/articles/august242006/westboro_ale...
Reference: http://www.hindunet.org/alt_hindu/1994/msg00712.html

Alp Berker
United States
Local time: 04:36
Native speaker of:

English,

Turkish
PRO pts in category: 4

12 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

to form a human barrier

Mehmet Hascan
Ireland
Local time: 09:36
Native speaker of:

Turkish
PRO pts in category: 8

15 hrs confidence:

form a human shield

Explanation:
Burada göstericilerin veya başka bir sivil grubun değil de polislerin koruma amacıyla etten duvar oluşturması/örmesi söz konusu olduğu için, "shield" demenin daha doğru olacağını düşünüyorum:
http://tinyurl.com/7pxp9km

Recep Kurt
Turkey
Local time: 11:36
Native speaker of:

Turkish
PRO pts in category: 4

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