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Like a sock puppet

Turkish translation: yüzünü çorap kukla gibi buruşturmadığında sevimli gözüküyorsun.

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English term or phrase:Like a sock puppet
Turkish translation:yüzünü çorap kukla gibi buruşturmadığında sevimli gözüküyorsun.
Entered by: Hellinas

20:28 Jan 10, 2014
English to Turkish translations [Non-PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / Phrase
English term or phrase: Like a sock puppet
The full sentence, which is difficult for me to translate into Turkish, is 'when you don't wrinkle up your face like a sock puppet, you look kind of pretty'. A brother says it to his sister on a common UK soap.
A sock puppet is a kukla made from a stocking. You put it on your hand and you can then use it to make strange faces. Does that help?
Hellinas
Local time: 11:56
yüzünü çorap kukla gibi buruşturmadığında sevimli gözüküyorsun.
Explanation:
"Çorap kukla" can be used for sock puppet.
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Serli Varjabetyan (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:56
Grading comment
A first rate answer & fuller than I had expected! It not only gives me 'like a sock puppet' but provides me with a translation for 'when you don't wrinkle your face up &c'. Salih later gave me the same phrase so thanks to him also.
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5yüzünü çorap kukla gibi buruşturmadığında sevimli gözüküyorsun.
Serli Varjabetyan (X)
5Çorap kukla gibi
Salih YILDIRIM


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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
like a sock puppet
yüzünü çorap kukla gibi buruşturmadığında sevimli gözüküyorsun.


Explanation:
"Çorap kukla" can be used for sock puppet.

Serli Varjabetyan (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:56
Native speaker of: Turkish
Grading comment
A first rate answer & fuller than I had expected! It not only gives me 'like a sock puppet' but provides me with a translation for 'when you don't wrinkle your face up &c'. Salih later gave me the same phrase so thanks to him also.
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2 days 18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
like a sock puppet
Çorap kukla gibi


Explanation:
Derdim.

Salih YILDIRIM
United States
Local time: 06:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 7
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