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avucunuzu acin EFEM

English translation: Open your palm, SIR

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Turkish term or phrase: avucunuzu acin EFEM
English translation:Open your palm, SIR
Entered by: Hellinas

16:13 Sep 29, 2012
Turkish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / From a cartoon of which I seem to have missed the punchline
Turkish term or phrase: avucunuzu acin EFEM
benzin degil altin suyu..!
avucunuzu acin EFEM
Please see http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=OY0...
I assume that altin suyu means liquid gold in a non-technical sense but the gas attendant corrects the driver by saying 'a handful of EFEM poison(??)'.
Hellinas
Local time: 19:28
Open your palm, SIR
Explanation:
Imho
Selected response from:

Salih YILDIRIM
United States
Local time: 14:28
Grading comment
Thanks to Salih and to Tim for his useful note. There does not seem to be any Turkish colloquial dictionary available to the beginner.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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5Open your palm, SIR
Salih YILDIRIM


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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Open your palm, SIR


Explanation:
Imho

Salih YILDIRIM
United States
Local time: 14:28
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 88
Grading comment
Thanks to Salih and to Tim for his useful note. There does not seem to be any Turkish colloquial dictionary available to the beginner.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Salih for your translation. I hadn't come across 'efe' as = efendim.

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