Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

one swallow does not make a summer

Arabic translation:

"مثال واحد لا يؤدّي إلى استنتاج عامّ"

Added to glossary by zi_neb
Feb 19, 2008 19:09
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English term

one swallow does not make a summer

English to Arabic Other Idioms / Maxims / Sayings one swallow does not make a summer
one swallow does not make a summer
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Mar 20, 2008 13:15: zi_neb Created KOG entry

Discussion

Neamaat Shehatah Feb 20, 2008:
If you have any context, please post it. Thank you. By the way, your way of dealing with posting questions is getting better, go a head this way ;-)
Saleh Dardeer Feb 19, 2008:
This may help my colleagues

This means that one good or positive event does not mean that everything is all right.

http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/one swallow doe...

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"مثال واحد لا يؤدّي إلى استنتاج عامّ"

I know the same proverb in French "Une hirondelle ne fait pas le printemps" which means in Arabic "مثال واحد لا يؤدّي إلى استنتاج عامّ"
Good luck,
Peer comment(s):

agree Saleh Dardeer
2 mins
thank you Saleh
agree Muslih Husein (X) : ترجمة جيدة. المثل موجود أيضا في الألمانية ولم أجد له مقابلا في العربية. اقتراحك جميل فعلا.
11 hrs
Thanks a lot Muslih
agree Mohsin Alabdali
13 hrs
thank you Mohsin
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