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Arabic to English Idioms / Maxims / Sayings Translation Glossary

Arabic term	English translation
شعرة معاوية	thin thread

شغل حواه	monkey business

ضمير حي	a live conscience

ضربني وبكى وسبقني واشتكى	the guilty/perpetrator pretends to be the victim

عقله شغل يده	having an independent mindset / are independent minded

علي نفسها جنت براقش	dig own grave

علي رأسه ريشة	he is the only boy on the beach	hassan zekry
Entered by: hassan zekry
عليا و علي اعدائي	Let me die with the Philistines!/ Let it fall on me and my enemies!

على المحك	at stake	Abdelmonem Samir
Entered by: Abdelmonem Samir
على بركة الله	With God's blessing	Mona Helal
Entered by: Mona Helal
على طبق من ورد وفضة	On a silver platter

على صفيح ساخن	on a hot tin roof

عند أم لالى	when pigs fly

عانى الأمرَّيْن	He went through hell

عاش على الكفاف	lived at subsistence level

عريس الغفله	Unexpected Mr. right

عرّف	identify	hassan zekry
Entered by: hassan zekry
عض الأصابع	Finger-biting	Sam Berner
Entered by: Sam Berner
عظَّمَ الله أجركُم	May Allah increase your reward, May Allah make your reward great, May Allah make your reward great

غشاء من نبال	a heart studded by arrows

غصيتلك	I wish you were here

صياح الديكة	rooster's crow	Alaa Zeineldine
Entered by: Alaa Zeineldine
صلصلة الجرس	a clattering of bell

صاحب الكيف / صاحب المزاج	druggie / pothead

صبرا	in jail