Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
وأنا وحظي
English translation:
Roll my dice / leave it up to chance
Added to glossary by
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Oct 3, 2023 16:05
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Arabic term
وأنا وحظي
Arabic to English
Other
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
مثلاً بكون الرد ان عنده ظرف من الممكن أن انتظر الطبيب حتى يفرغ من عمله أخذ رقم و انتظر وأنا وحظي وأنا وحظي لكن إذا تعقدت الأمور أطلب أي طبيب لا يوجد أية مشكلة بالنسبة لمركز "العبيد" ما في أية مشكلة واجهتني إلا بنتي هذه أول مرة تصير هذه المشكلة أحضر الاجتماع و أثير هذا الموضوع للعلم .
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | Roll my dice / leave it up to chance |
Ezz Eldeen Mohammad
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| 5 +1 | it is a matter of luck / I will try my luck |
Motaz Fahmy
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| 4 | as luck would have it/as chance would have it |
Heba Abed
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Proposed translations
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Ezz Eldeen Mohammad
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Roll my dice / leave it up to chance
Both expressions are natural and used in conversation and they both convey the meaning of betting the outcome of your circumstance on chance / your luck.
In this instance you would say either:
"I'll roll my dice and wait for the doctor."
or
"I'll wait and leave it up to chance " (whether I get to see the doctor or not).
In this instance you would say either:
"I'll roll my dice and wait for the doctor."
or
"I'll wait and leave it up to chance " (whether I get to see the doctor or not).
Example sentence:
I'm going to roll my dice to see if I can catch the celebrity leaving the airport.
I told the computer to select randomly. I'm leaving it up to chance.
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Motaz Fahmy
Egypt
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it is a matter of luck / I will try my luck
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as luck would have it/as chance would have it
As luck would have it
As chance would have it
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Note added at 23 mins (2023-10-03 16:28:35 GMT)
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the two idioms mean that things happen with no plan, in a way that was lucky
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Note added at 24 mins (2023-10-03 16:29:18 GMT)
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as luck would hav...
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Note added at 24 mins (2023-10-03 16:29:52 GMT)
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https://www.almaany.com/ar/dict/ar-en/as-luck-would-have-it/
As chance would have it
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Note added at 23 mins (2023-10-03 16:28:35 GMT)
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the two idioms mean that things happen with no plan, in a way that was lucky
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Note added at 24 mins (2023-10-03 16:29:18 GMT)
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as luck would hav...
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Note added at 24 mins (2023-10-03 16:29:52 GMT)
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https://www.almaany.com/ar/dict/ar-en/as-luck-would-have-it/
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