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Brains trump brawn

Indonesian translation: otak mengungguli otot

01:20 Nov 3, 2014
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English term or phrase: Brains trump brawn
Brains trump brawn. According to the New York Times , XXX has made “close to $70 million to $80 million” in royalties
from the Jeopardy! theme song, which he wrote in less than a minute.

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Terima kasih bantuannya ...
Ahmad Ridwan Munib
Indonesia
Local time: 18:18
Indonesian translation:otak mengungguli otot
Explanation:
"trumps" (kk) artinya mengalahkan, mengungguli
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Bashir Basalamah
Singapore
Local time: 19:18
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3otak mengungguli otot
Bashir Basalamah
4otak lebih penting daripada otot
Rano Ilyas
4Ternyata otak lebih unggul dari otot/Otak memang lebih unggul dari otot.
Titi Sayeed
3Kecerdikan
Rudolf Frans Maulany


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
brains trump brawn
otak lebih penting daripada otot


Explanation:
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Rano Ilyas
Local time: 18:18
Native speaker of: Indonesian
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
brains trump brawn
otak mengungguli otot


Explanation:
"trumps" (kk) artinya mengalahkan, mengungguli

Bashir Basalamah
Singapore
Local time: 19:18
Native speaker of: Native in MalayMalay
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ErichEko ⟹⭐: Ya, diolah dari permainan bridge/whist. Kamus Oxford: to trump: to surpass (something) by saying or doing something better
51 mins
agree  Ikram Mahyuddin
52 mins
agree  Titi Sayeed
10 hrs
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Brains trump brawn.
Ternyata otak lebih unggul dari otot/Otak memang lebih unggul dari otot.


Explanation:
Untuk lebih luwesnya mungkin bisa diterjemahkan spt diatas.

Titi Sayeed
Local time: 16:18
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian
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1 day 7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
brains trump brawn
Kecerdikan


Explanation:
Kecerdikan

Rudolf Frans Maulany
Netherlands
Local time: 13:18
Native speaker of: Indonesian
PRO pts in category: 8
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