Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Turkish term or phrase:
dünyanın çivisi yerinden çıkmış
English translation:
The world is out of joint. / The world has gone to the dogs.
Added to glossary by
Mehmet Hascan
May 22, 2008 21:05
16 yrs ago
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Turkish term
dünyanın çivisi yerinden çıkmış
Turkish to English
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
slang
Türkçe'de sıkça kullanılan, ancak İngilizce'de fazla kullanılmayan argo bir deyim...
Proposed translations
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May 23, 2008 00:34: Özden Arıkan changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary" , "Field (specific)" from "Poetry & Literature" to "Slang"
May 23, 2008 00:34: Özden Arıkan changed "Field (specific)" from "Slang" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"
Jun 5, 2008 08:12: Mehmet Hascan Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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16 hrs
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The world is out of joint. / The world has gone to the dogs.
to go to the dogs (informal) : to get into a very bad state
İrlanda'da çok sık kullanılan bir ifadedir.
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Diğer alternatifler :
- The world has gone out of joint.
- The world is out of joint
The world is out of joint, and it will stay that way until those of us who are well-fed care enough to wage a war on hunger as ferocious as that against terrorism.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3122923.stm
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Note added at 17 hrs (2008-05-23 14:45:22 GMT)
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Rica ederim. Kolay gelsin..
İrlanda'da çok sık kullanılan bir ifadedir.
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Diğer alternatifler :
- The world has gone out of joint.
- The world is out of joint
The world is out of joint, and it will stay that way until those of us who are well-fed care enough to wage a war on hunger as ferocious as that against terrorism.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3122923.stm
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Note added at 17 hrs (2008-05-23 14:45:22 GMT)
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Rica ederim. Kolay gelsin..
Note from asker:
Kullanılan tam karşılık "the world is out of joint" idi. Teşekkürler :) |
Peer comment(s):
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Tim Drayton
9 mins
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Thanks, Tim.
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agree |
ozan karakış
1 hr
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Teşekkür ederim.
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agree |
Cihan Batumlu
4 hrs
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Teşekkür ederim.
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agree |
Özden Arıkan
12 days
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Teşekkür ederim.
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
3 mins
The world is out of order/is corrupted
Direkt karşılığını bilmesem dahi, ilk aklıma gelen şey bu olurdu.
+1
20 mins
off the rails
birebir değil ama güzel bir karşılık olduğunu düşündüm
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Ali Bayraktar
: Bence böylesi tam karşılıyor, çünkü çivisi çıkmak; yerinden oynaması yani kontolün kaybedilmesi anlamına geliyor.
9 hrs
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teşekkürler M. Ali bey
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+1
35 mins
it's the end of the world as we know it
dünyanın çivisi yerinden çıkmış = it's the end of the world as we know it
http://www.google.com.tr/search?hl=tr&q=it's the end of the ...
http://www.google.com.tr/search?hl=tr&q=it's the end of the ...
3 hrs
The world is out of ....it's axis?
There is nothing wrong with the physical world.I assume this saying refers to human to human interactions;Therefore,I'd say,''It is dogs eat dog world.
Still better: World is an uncertain place,eat your desert first.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-05-23 01:07:18 GMT)
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Opss Freudian slip.It should read dessert.Or should it ?
Still better: World is an uncertain place,eat your desert first.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-05-23 01:07:18 GMT)
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Opss Freudian slip.It should read dessert.Or should it ?
19 hrs
Everything is out of Whack/Everything is out of kilter
More possibilities
+2
6 mins
the world has gone nuts
Bence güzel bir argo ifade.
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Note added at 20 saat (2008-05-23 17:19:38 GMT)
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,317104,00.html
Bu makalenin başındaki "Has the world gone nuts?" ve en sonundaki "What is wrong with this picture? Everything." cümleleri cevabımda ısrarcı olmama sebep oldu.
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Note added at 20 saat (2008-05-23 17:19:38 GMT)
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,317104,00.html
Bu makalenin başındaki "Has the world gone nuts?" ve en sonundaki "What is wrong with this picture? Everything." cümleleri cevabımda ısrarcı olmama sebep oldu.
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