شطحات

English translation: flights of fancy

16:48 Jun 22, 2013
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Poetry & Literature
Arabic term or phrase: شطحات
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"حسّان" ، صديق آخر له **شطحات** في الرّسم والرّيشة مبدع وجريء في لوحاته ، إقترحت عليه تنظيم معرض لرسوماته ،فأفصح عن تخوّفه وقلقه حيث شاهد أحدهم رسوماته فعرّضه للتّقريع .
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Jordan
English translation:flights of fancy
Explanation:
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I think you can say: he goes beyond expectations in...

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http://www.almaany.com/home.php?language=arabic&word=شطحة&la...
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3flights of fancy
firas81 (X)
5exceptional expressions
Awad Balaish
4exceptional/unusual trends
Olfat Abdullah
3creative ideas or creative views
Hani Hassaan


  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
exceptional expressions


Explanation:
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unfamiliar expressions


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unfamilar expression

Awad Balaish
Saudi Arabia
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
exceptional/unusual trends


Explanation:
This is one way to translate it...
http://www.almaany.com/home.php?language=arabic&word=trend&l...

Olfat Abdullah
Egypt
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
flights of fancy


Explanation:
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Note added at 31 mins (2013-06-22 17:19:59 GMT)
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I think you can say: he goes beyond expectations in...

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Note added at 1 hr (2013-06-22 18:40:58 GMT)
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http://www.almaany.com/home.php?language=arabic&word=شطحة&la...

Example sentence(s):
  • http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/flight+of+fancy
firas81 (X)
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Morano El-Kholy: A good expression :))
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agree  Samaa Zeitoun
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agree  Neamaat Shehatah
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
creative ideas or creative views


Explanation:
الشطحات في الفن هو الخروج عن الفكرة النمطية واللجوء للإبداع والابتكار
والله أعلم

Hani Hassaan
Egypt
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