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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2025

El Mustapha Lahlali
Affiliation:
University of Leeds
Tajul Islam
Affiliation:
University of Leeds
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Summary

The end of the matter, the final issue, the upshot of it

Outside

Outside of, apart from

Supernatural

Extraordinary

The specific and the general, high and low, all people, everybody

The upper class

The most select elite

High and low, all men, all, everybody

Especially for that reason

To rush into battle

To delve into exegesis

To address s.o. on an intimate first-name basis

To call s.o. up

To risk one’s life

To fear s.o., be afraid of s.o.

To lower one›s voice

To lower one’s voice

East and West

Devoid of

Unoccupied, uninhabited

Unemployed

Useless

To be uppermost in s.o.’s heart

To glance furtively at s.o.

To befall, attack s.o. (pain, etc.)

Unrestrained, uninhibited, debauchee

Empty-handed

Vacant, free, empty-handed

To break a contract, a trust

He didn’t have enough money, his pocket had a hole in it

To deceive one’s wife

To break a contract, a trust

Success eluded him

Completely devastated

Empty-handed, without a catch

Alarmed by, apprehensive of

To sink in sand

That which is hidden in the earth, natural resources

To stamp the ground (of animals)

To knock on the door

He struck out blindly at them (with a cane)

God made him impervious (to guidance)

To damage s.o.’s reputation

To mislead, dupe s.o.

To till or cultivate the soil

To be at s.o.’s beck and call

To serve s.o.’s interest

For the sake of truth, in the interest of truth

He rendered him many services

Turn to the right!

He prostrated himself before him

He fell at his feet

To fall to the ground

To come up to s.o. with, confront s.o. with

To be an exception to (a principle)

To be derailed, run off the track

To lose one’s self-control

To get out of a tight spot

To be put out of service or commission

To overcome s.th. successfully

To recover nicely from s.th.

The crowd went forth as one man

To go beyond what is ordinary or customary

Stupidity

Eye of a needle

Violation of a rule

Abnormality, irregularity

To drive, ram s.th. to the ground

To make s.o. subservient to one’s will (lit. insert the nose ring for the bridle)

A humiliating defeat

God made him sink into the ground, God made the ground swallow him up

Beat it! Scram!

To lower one’s eyes

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A Dictionary of Arabic Idioms and Expressions
Arabic-English Translation
, pp. 113 - 120
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Book: A Dictionary of Arabic Idioms and Expressions
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