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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

To be agreeable, be good, to please, be to s.o.’s liking

Good night, may your night be pleasant

He was gay, cheerful, in good spirits, he felt happy

He had a liking for it, it was to his taste

Fingerprint

To snatch away, carry away, carry off

To let one’s imagination wander to

To make s.o. unconscious

To drive s.o. out of his mind

To be angry, blow one’s top

To lose one’s mind, go crazy

To be beside o.s. with joy, be overjoyed

His mind became confused, he became all mixed up, bewildered or perplexed

His fame spread among people, he became well known

To exchange questions with s.o.

To chat with s.o.

To converse with s.o., have a conversation with s.o.

To be on the wrong track, bark up the wrong tree, fail, be unsuccessful

To lose one’s head

To miss the mark, target

Aged, old, advanced in years

The bubonic plague

He had a sudden impulse or urge

Tragedy befell him, he met with a harsh fate

Sooner or later, before long

It took him a long time before he . . .

To last, or have lasted, a long time

To ask the Chair for permission to speak, ask for the floor

Pupil, student

Of flawless character, irreproachable

Upright, righteous

Innocent, blameless

Reconnaissance plane

Willingly or unwillingly, whether I (you, etc.) will it or not

Mighty, powerful, forceful

The nature of things, state of affairs

To be innate, inherent in s.o., be native, natural to s.o.

By nature, by natural disposition, naturally! Of course! Certainly!

To place, set, or leave one’s stamp, mark, or impress on s.o., impart one’s own character on s.o. or s.th.

His (its) fame spread throughout the world

According to, corresponding to

According to schedule, as planned

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A Dictionary of Arabic Idioms and Expressions
Arabic-English Translation
, pp. 171 - 178
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • El Mustapha Lahlali, University of Leeds, Tajul Islam, University of Leeds
  • Book: A Dictionary of Arabic Idioms and Expressions
  • Online publication: 13 March 2025
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