Idiomatic Language
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57 terms
Arabic | English |
|---|---|
 مافيش فايدة | there's no point, it's useless |
| بين فكيّ الكمّاشة | between a rock and a hard place |
| يا خبر أبيض | what good news! |
| اشمعنى | why (particularly, exactly) |
| في المشمش | yeah, right! (skeptical about something happening) |
| مالك | what's wrong with you? what's with you? |
| بتلاتة مليم | cheap, worthless (lit. for three pennies) |
| طوّل بالك | be patient |
| بلسان طويل | rudely, insultingly |
| حباله طويلة | he is patient |
| عالفاضي | for nothing |
| على حسابي | on my bill (I'll pay) |
| زي القطة بتاكل وتنكر | like the cat who eats and denies (someone ungrateful for what you do) |
| مخربش | someone who knows the tricks of the trade |
| اتصرّف | to cope, manage |
| حط النقط على الحروف | make things crystal clear (put the dots on the letters) |
| طلع | to turn out to be (adjective) |
| يسرق الكحل من العين | he could steal the eyeliner off your eye |
| على الله | on God (used to refuse alms to a beggar, imply misgivings about an outcome) |
| بتاع ايه | why, what for, how come |
| ضرب على قَفاه | to make a fool out of (lit. to slap on the back of the neck) |
| ملحلح | enterprising, lively |
| مكحكح | old, broken down, decrepit |
| نفسي | I'd like to, I wish I could |
| مبلغ | sum, amount (of money) |
| زنّ , يزنّ على | to pester, nag, annoy (someone) about |
| حلنجي | someone who is all talk |
| باين عليك | you seem (adjective) |
| وليمة, ولايم | banquet, feast |
| يا جحا | Goha (call someone who takes a longer way than necessary) |
| زي الأطرش في الزفة | like a deaf man at a wedding (no clue what's going on) |
| عقدة الخواجة | foreigner complex (prefer things from the West to local things) |
| يستحمل | to put up with |
| متهيألي أن | it seems to me that |
| زيادة الخير خيرين | you can't have too much of a good thing |
| نايم في العسل | living under a rock (spec. sheltered) |
| يفش غله فيك | he takes out his anger on you |
| فضفض اللي في قلبك | open up to me what's in your heart |
| قد البلية | small but capable |
| هفوت عليك | I'll drop by, pay you a visit |
| فاتك (هيفوتك) نص عمرك | you're really going to miss out (lit. half your life is going to pass you by) |
| فات الاوان | it's too late |
| في غمضة عين | in the blink of an eye |
| حاسس انّ | I feel like |
| اسكت | shut up |
| اخرس | shut up (more offensive) |
| شماتة | schadenfreude |
| اخر زمان | these days (eg. kids these days) |
| سرّك في بير | your secret is safe with me |
| يا ساتر | oh no! (lit. may God protect us) |
| خليك في حالك | mind your own business |
| يبلّ ريقه | he wets his whistle (have a drink) |
| تُنفُخ في قربة مقطوعة | you're wasting your time (lit. you're blowing in a torn balloon) |
| يا بختك | lucky you |
| على بلاطة | a blank slate |
| يمسك العصايا من النص | sit on the fence |
| رجلي على رجلك | I will go with you (lit. my leg on your leg) |
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