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أرسل حكيما ولا توصه [ltr]° literal Translation:[/ltr] [ltr]Send a wise man and don't advise him [/ltr] [ltr]° English Equivalent or/and Meaning:[/ltr] [ltr]He should know what to do[/ltr] اعمل الطيب وارمه في البحر [ltr]° literal Translation:[/ltr] [ltr]Do good things and throw them in the sea [/ltr] [ltr]° English Equivalent or/and Meaning:[/ltr] [ltr]Don't expect rewards for good deeds[/ltr] أعط الخبز لخبازه ولو أكل نصفه [ltr]° literal Translation:[/ltr] [ltr]Give the dough to the baker even if he ate half of it [/ltr] [ltr]° English Equivalent or/and Meaning:[/ltr] [ltr]Give the job to a person who knows how to perform it perfectly even though it will cost you[/ltr] الجوع كافر [ltr]° literal Translation:[/ltr] [ltr]Hunger is an infidel [/ltr] [ltr]° English Equivalent or/and Meaning:[/ltr] [ltr]A hungry man is an angry man[/ltr] الجار قبل الدار [ltr]° literal Translation:[/ltr] [ltr]The neighbor comes before the home [/ltr] [ltr]° English Equivalent or/and Meaning:[/ltr] [ltr]Choose your neighbors before you choose your home[/ltr] الصديق وقت الضيق [ltr]° literal Translation:[/ltr] [ltr]The friend in tight times [/ltr] [ltr]° English Equivalent or/and Meaning:[/ltr] [ltr]Meaning: A friend is the one that lends a hand during the time of need[/ltr] [ltr]° English equivalent: A friend is need is a friend indeed[/ltr] | اختلط حابلهم بنابلهم [ltr]° literal Translation:[/ltr] [ltr]The rope man got mixed with the archer [/ltr] [ltr]° English Equivalent or/and Meaning:[/ltr] [ltr]Things got chaotic.[/ltr] أدنى من حبل الوريد [ltr]° literal Translation:[/ltr] [ltr]Closer than the carotid artery [/ltr] [ltr]° English Equivalent or/and Meaning:[/ltr] [ltr]As close to a person as is humanly possible[/ltr] إذا سلمت من الأسد فلا تطمع في صيده [ltr]° literal Translation:[/ltr] [ltr]If you were saved from the lion, do not be greedy and hunt it [/ltr] [ltr]° English Equivalent or/and Meaning:[/ltr] [ltr]Don't press your luck[/ltr] إذا رأيت نيوب الليث بارزة فلا تظنن أن الليث يبتسم [ltr]° literal Translation:[/ltr] [ltr]If you saw the fangs of lion, don't think the lion is smiling [/ltr] [ltr]° English Equivalent or/and Meaning:[/ltr] [ltr]That was from a famous poem by Almotanabbi[/ltr] إذا عرف السبب بطل العجب [ltr]° literal Translation:[/ltr] [ltr]When the reason is known, there will be no more shock [/ltr] [ltr]° English Equivalent or/and Meaning:[/ltr] [ltr]Said when you are wondering why something happened[/ltr] إذا كنت تدري قتلك مصيبة وإن كنت لا تدري فالمصيبة أعظم [ltr]° literal Translation:[/ltr] [ltr]If you know then it's a disaster, and if you don't know the it's a greater disaster [/ltr] [ltr]° English Equivalent or/and Meaning:[/ltr] [ltr]If a leader knows or doesn't know about the corruption in his group[/ltr] |
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[ltr] [/ltr] اطلبوا العلم من المهد إلى اللحد [ltr]° literal Translation:[/ltr] [ltr]Seek Knowledge from the cradle to the grave [/ltr] [ltr]° English Equivalent or/and Meaning:[/ltr] [ltr]Seek knowledge from the day you were born till the day you will die[/ltr] اجلس حيث يؤخذ بيدك وتبر ولا تجلس حيث يؤخذ برجلك وتجر [ltr]° literal Translation:[/ltr] [ltr]Sit where your hand is taken and good is done for you and don't sit where you are dragged from your leg [/ltr] [ltr]° English Equivalent or/and Meaning:[/ltr] [ltr]Sit where you are welcomed and helped and don't sit where you are not welcomed[/ltr] احذر عدوك مرة وصديقك ألف مرة فإن انقلب صديقك فهو أعلم بالمضرة [ltr]° literal Translation:[/ltr] [ltr]Be careful of your enemy once and of your friend a thousand times, for a double crossing friend knows more evil [/ltr] [ltr]° English Equivalent or/and Meaning:[/ltr] [ltr]Your friend knows more about what may harm you[/ltr] احفظ قرشك الأبيض ليومك الأسود [ltr]° literal Translation:[/ltr] [ltr]Save your white penny for your black day [/ltr] [ltr]° English Equivalent or/and Meaning:[/ltr] [ltr]A penny Saved is a penny earned[/ltr] | طفح الكيل [ltr]° literal Translation:[/ltr] [ltr]The gauge has over flown [/ltr] [ltr]° English Equivalent or/and Meaning:[/ltr] [ltr]To run out of patience[/ltr] لا يلدغ المؤمن من جحره مرتين [ltr]° literal Translation:[/ltr] [ltr]Dawn does not come twice to awaken a man [/ltr] [ltr]° English Equivalent or/and Meaning:[/ltr] [ltr]A fox is not taken twice in the same snare[/ltr] هذا الشبل من ذاك الأسد [ltr]° literal Translation:[/ltr] [ltr]This cub is from that lion [/ltr] [ltr]° English Equivalent or/and Meaning:[/ltr] [ltr]A chip of the old block[/ltr] يد واحدة لا تصفق [ltr]° literal Translation:[/ltr] [ltr]One hand cannot clap [/ltr] [ltr]° English Equivalent or/and Meaning:[/ltr] [ltr]cooperation is necessary[/ltr] يدخل شعبان في رمضان [ltr]° literal Translation:[/ltr] [ltr]He mixes Ramadan with Sha'ban (2 months of the Hejrah Calendar)[/ltr] [ltr]° English Equivalent or/and Meaning:[/ltr] [ltr]He confuses the issue[/ltr] يعمل من الحبة قبة [ltr]° literal Translation:[/ltr] [ltr]He makes a dome out of a grain [/ltr] [ltr]° English Equivalent or/and Meaning:[/ltr] [ltr]He worries about a small problem as if it is a big one[/ltr] |
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