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Habur maskaralığı

Glossary entry

Turkish term or phrase:

Su testisi su yolunda kırılır.

English translation:

Live by the sword, die by the sword

Added to glossary by SeiTT
Mar 26, 2013 10:15
11 yrs ago
Turkish term

Su testisi su yolunda kırılır.

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Hi

Please see:
http://www.sabah.com.tr/Gundem/2013/01/14/su-testisi-su-yolu...
'Su testisi su yolunda kırılır'

Best wishes, and many thanks,

Simon
Proposed translations (English)
4 +5 Live by the sword, die by the sword
5 -1 What is done bad eventually ends sad!
3 The pitcher goes so often to the well that it is broken at last.
3 you get what you deserve
3 As you reap so shall you sow
References
According to the Redhouse dictionary:

Discussion

Salih YILDIRIM Mar 26, 2013:
This is what I have expressed (copyright! joking) and it is NOT quoted and correct for what is expressed by Asker and one more thing to add but vital; it goes w/o saying that no one earth can express the exact sense intended by a native speaker of given language.
Mehmet Ali Bahıt Mar 26, 2013:
That's what "As you reap, so you shall sow" means!
Salih YILDIRIM Mar 26, 2013:
Everyone harvests what was planted in past! This is alternate I happened to utter, now.

Proposed translations

+5
8 mins
Selected

Live by the sword, die by the sword

This would do it.

From Wikipedia:
"Live by the sword, die by the sword" is a saying derived from a biblical parable to the effect that if you use violence, or other harsh means, against other people, you can expect to have those same means used against you; "You can expect to become a victim of whatever means you use to get what you want."
Peer comment(s):
agree Anatolian
4 mins
agree Nigar Mancini
1 hr
disagree [Removed] (X) : “su testisi su yolunda kırılır” is not necessarily associated with violence -- Later note: asker asks "Su testisi su yolunda kırılır"
1 hr
In this context, it is. The assassination of three PKK members sounds pretty violent to me. -- Please read the article and the asker's other question. There is a specific context here. Vote however you want but please do so in an informed fashion.
agree Dagdelen
3 hrs
agree Recep Kurt : Exactly
3 hrs
agree Mehmet Hascan
5 hrs
agree Özgür Salman : Exactly. Context is everything!
7 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks, excellent!"
4 mins

The pitcher goes so often to the well that it is broken at last.

Su testisi is pitcher. Kirilmak is to break. One meaning is the one above.
Reference:

http://www.seslisozluk.net/?word=su%20testisi%20su%20yolunda%20k%C4%B1r%C4%B1l%C4%B1r

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10 mins

you get what you deserve

the dictionary suggests

live by the sword die by the sword

but I think this might be more appropriate
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2 hrs

As you reap so shall you sow

Suggested to me by the asker's comment below, and I think it fits the context well.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2013-03-26 12:50:10 GMT)
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Another possibility:
"As you make you bed, so you must lie on it."
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-1
6 hrs

What is done bad eventually ends sad!

I'd define in this way.
Peer comment(s):
disagree Kim Metzger : https://www.google.com.mx/search?q="What is done bad eventua... It would be a good idea to study the difference between "definition" and "translation"
2 mins
Come on! give me your better definition if any?
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Reference comments

31 mins
Reference:

According to the Redhouse dictionary:

su testisi su yolunda kırılır
proverb The pitcher is broken on trips to the fountain. One must endure the results of one's behaviour.
Note from asker:
Many thanks - so similar to 'Ne ekersen onu biçersin'?
Peer comments on this reference comment:
agree Mehmet Hascan : proverb: When a person is injured or dies, his/her injury or death can usually be attributed to his/her occupation or way of life.
5 hrs
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