Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
the cry "get a horse"
Indonesian translation:
teriakan "beli kuda saja"
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Anthony Indra
Sep 21, 2003 05:31
20 yrs ago
English term
the cry "get a horse"
English to Indonesian
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Skeptics used to greet pioneering motorists with the cry “get a horse”. People who dismiss the impact of the personal computer, including many of the folks who use the machine, tend to employ the phrase, “It’s just a tool.”
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| 5 +3 | teriakan "beli kuda saja" |
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| 4 +1 | membelikan kuda |
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teriakan "beli kuda saja"
Maksudnya daripada naik motor, lebih baik "beli kuda saja".
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membelikan kuda
When people were not used to cars, some used to tell the drivers to get a horse, because the vehicles looked wrong without a horse pulling them.
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Note added at 2003-09-21 16:23:40 (GMT)
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Cars were at that time often referred to as \"horseless carriages\". The sceptics were saying the pioneers should get a horse to pull their carriage, because they thought it unnatural to have a carriage which was not drawn by a horse.
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Note added at 2003-09-21 16:23:40 (GMT)
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Cars were at that time often referred to as \"horseless carriages\". The sceptics were saying the pioneers should get a horse to pull their carriage, because they thought it unnatural to have a carriage which was not drawn by a horse.
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