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Yarım hoca dinden, yarım iman candan eder.

English translation: A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

22:29 Feb 20, 2015
Turkish to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Turkish term or phrase: Yarım hoca dinden, yarım iman candan eder.
Merhaba,

Yukarıdaki deyime anlamca yakın, İngilizce bir karşılık var mı acaba?

Teşekkürler.
Ş. Koca (X)
Türkiye
Local time: 22:30
English translation:A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Explanation:
IMHO
Selected response from:

Mehmet Hascan
Ireland
Local time: 20:30
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Mehmet Hascan
5 -1A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds ab
Aziz Kural
4 -2Semi-scholar costs loss of religion, semi-pious life!
Salih YILDIRIM


Discussion entries: 1





  

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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.


Explanation:
IMHO

Mehmet Hascan
Ireland
Local time: 20:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Turkish
PRO pts in category: 64
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Zeki Güler
13 hrs
  -> Teşekkür ederim, Zeki bey.
agree  Tim Drayton
1 day 5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Tim.
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds ab


Explanation:

1. A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
Francis Bacon
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/topics/topic_religion11.ht...

Aziz Kural
Türkiye
Local time: 22:30
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Kim Metzger: You're 100% confident that Elizabethan English is the appropriate register? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Register_(sociolinguistics)
1 day 7 hrs
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1 day 10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
Semi-scholar costs loss of religion, semi-pious life!


Explanation:
I'd say!

Salih YILDIRIM
United States
Local time: 15:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 88

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Kim Metzger: I think the asker is looking for something that sounds more like English, something an English speaker might say.
3 hrs
  -> Indeed! You missed what asker wants "closes expression"!!!
disagree  Tim Drayton: I am afraid this means nothing to me, either.
4 hrs
  -> Asker seeks a closest definition though!
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