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Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings | | Arabic term or phrase: العفو عند المقدرة من أجمل الصفات | السياق كما يلي:
عند ذلك أقبل الرجل على ولده هذا وضمه الى صدره قائلاً "إنك انت الذي تستحق الجوهرة، فعملك عظيم لأن العفو عند المقدرة من أجمل الصفات". |
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Dina Abd El-Salam
Egypt
Local time: 14:09
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19 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 Forgive and forget.
Explanation:
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/forgive
Forgive and forget.(well known proverb)
Prov. You should not only forgive people for hurting you, you should also forget that they ever hurt you. When my sister lost my favorite book, I was angry at her for weeks, but my mother finally convinced me to forgive and forget. Jane: Are you going to invite Sam to your party? Sue: No way. Last year he laughed at my new skirt. Jane: Come on, Sue, forgive and forget.
See also: and, forget
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
forgive and forget
to accept and not think about what someone has done to you If they can admit they were wrong, then they can surely forgive and forget.
See also: and, forget
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forgive and forget. (n.d.). The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Retrieved February 11, 2009, from Dictionary.com website: ...
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| Ghada Samir
Egypt
Local time: 14:09
Native speaker of:  Arabic
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7 hrs confidence: Forgiveness when there is the ability to forgave is one of the habits
Explanation:
Forgiveness when there is the ability to forgave, is one of the habits
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Forgiveness when there is the ability to forgave is one of the best habits
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1 day7 hrs confidence: Forgiving while able to retaliate, of the best attributes.
Explanation:
Forgiving while able to retaliate, is (one of) the best attributes.
Example sentence(s):- Attribute: A quality or characteristic inherent in or ascribed to someone
- Forgiving: Inclined or able to forgive and show mercy.
| Sarwat Ezzeldin
United States
Local time: 05:09
Native speaker of:  Arabic
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4 days confidence: to pardon while in a state of power is one of the best qualities
Explanation:
the Arabic text indicates that the best thing is to pardon or forgive while in a state of power, that is why I chose to highlight "عند المقدرة" in my translation
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