Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Turkish term or phrase:
Anan soğan baban sarımsak, sen nereden oldun be ıspanak
English translation:
Howcome you do not reflect your parents offspring?
Added to glossary by
Ali Bayraktar
Mar 1, 2010 23:17
14 yrs ago
Turkish term
Türkiye
Language shapes everything!
Native in: Turkish 
Works in: English to Turkish, Russian to Turkish, Kazakh to Turkish, and 1 more.
Anan soğan baban sarımsak, sen nereden oldun be ıspanak
Turkish to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Kime çektin sen böyle anlamında kullanılıyor.
Anlamı yansıtmaktan ziyade, eskilerin (yaşlıların) kullandıkları deyimler/atasözleri vb arıyorum.
Katılan herkese şimdiden teşeşkkürler
Anlamı yansıtmaktan ziyade, eskilerin (yaşlıların) kullandıkları deyimler/atasözleri vb arıyorum.
Katılan herkese şimdiden teşeşkkürler
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
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8 hrs
ATIL KAYHAN
Türkiye
Türkiye
Native in Turkish
Works in field
Türkiye
Think International from the Start!
Native in: Turkish
Works in: Turkish to English, English to Turkish, Turkish, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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24
Selected
Howcome you do not reflect your parents offspring?
Orijinalin anlamini biraz veriyor, diye dusundum.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Teşekkür ederim"
+1
9 hrs
Halil Ibrahim Tutuncuoglu "Бёcäטsع Լîfe's cômplicåtعd eñøugh"
Türkiye
Türkiye
Native in Turkish
Türkiye
Halil Ibrahim Tutuncuoglu "Бёcäטsع Լîfe's cômplicåtعd eñøugh"
"The best is yet to come."
Native in: Turkish 
Works in: Turkish to English, English to Turkish
The apple does not fall far from the tree.
The apple does not fall far from the tree. So why are you an exception?
Peer comment(s):
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efeA
: it is obviously not the same meaning, unless that last question "so why are you an exception?" is added, whihc makes it sound a bit off but compared to other answers this is the only idiomatic answer. Others are all translations of the meaning.
7 days
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10 hrs
It's really hard to say who you've actually taken after! you mother/your mother's side of the family
It's really hard to say who you've actually taken after! you mother/your mother's side of the family or your dad/ your dad's.
14 hrs
Salih YILDIRIM
United States
United States
Native in Turkish
United States
Meticulous, scrupulous, curious work!
Native in: Turkish (Variant: Standard-İstanbul )
Works in: Turkish to English, English to Turkish, French to Turkish, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
12
What's this disdain? we know you inside and out.
I'd employ this phrase.
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