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اللي يسوى واللي ما يسواش

English translation: Everybody and their uncle

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13:52 Dec 1, 2010

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Arabic term or phrase: اللي يسوى واللي ما يسواش

An Egyptian colloquial expression.
خللي اللي يسوى واللي ما يسواش يحجز على المركب.

Dina Ali KudoZ activity Questions: 378 (11 open) (1 without valid answers) (30 closed without grading) Answers: 14 Egypt
Local time: 22:06

English translation:Everybody and their uncle

Explanation:
Everybody and their uncle

Selected response from:

WalidmUK
Local time: 21:06

Grading comment

Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +2

Everybody and their uncle

WalidmUK

Some deserve, others do not

Morano El-Kholy

to lower the bar (the standards)

Ibrahim Nassef

3 +1

the worthy and the unworthy

Nadia Ayoub

4 -1

Respectful and disrespectful .

Mohamed Hosni

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30 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

the worthy and the unworthy

Explanation:
..

Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 22:06
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 106

6 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Everybody and their uncle

Explanation:
Everybody and their uncle

WalidmUK
Local time: 21:06
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

10 hrs confidence:

to lower the bar (the standards)

Explanation:
في حالات الأمثله والتعبيرات الشعبية أري أن تتم الترجمة لتعكس المعني في كل حالة علي حده وفي رأيي أن هذه الترجمة قريبه جدا من المعني المقصود

Example sentence(s):

to lower the bar (the standards) and admit almost anybody on board

Ibrahim Nassef
Local time: 16:06
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4

21 hrs confidence:

Some deserve, others do not

Explanation:
.

Morano El-Kholy
Local time: 22:06
Native speaker of:

Arabic

22 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

Respectful and disrespectful .

Explanation:
Respectful and disrespectful people ,traveler ,passenger, customer>...
تحياتي

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Note added at 1 day21 hrs (2010-12-03 11:38:31 GMT)
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Or , Respectful and non respectful people...

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Note added at 4 days (2010-12-06 07:43:18 GMT)
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Or in another way," Who deserves respect and who does not deserve it'.

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Note added at 10 days (2010-12-12 07:34:51 GMT)
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Or, Considered and non considered people.

Mohamed Hosni
Local time: 00:06
Native speaker of:

Arabic

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اللي يسوى واللي ما يسواش

English translation: Everybody and their uncle

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اللي يسوى واللي ما يسواش

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