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الصباح رباح

English translation: let's call it a night

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Arabic term or phrase:	الصباح رباح
English translation:	let's call it a night
Entered by:	Muhammad Atallah

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16:06 Feb 7, 2011

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Arabic term or phrase: الصباح رباح

A character in a fictional story wants to do a bunch of unnecessary tasks at night, so another character tells her: الصباح رباح meaning that she can wait until morning, and the results will be the same. There is no need for her to rush.

I am racking my brains but can't think of a good equivalent to this phrase in English.

Any thoughts?

Amel Abdullah

let's call it a night

Explanation:
A Dictionary of Idioms
Egyptian Arabic - English
By: Dr. Mohammad El-Batal

Selected response from:

Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Local time: 22:06

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5 +1

let's call it a night

Muhammad Atallah

Tomorrow is a better day!

Hesham Elshahed

Let's sleep on it!

Ibrahim Nassef

Discussion entries: 1

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5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

let's call it a night

Explanation:
A Dictionary of Idioms
Egyptian Arabic - English
By: Dr. Mohammad El-Batal

Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Local time: 22:06
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 48

Grading comment

Thank you for your help. It is appreciated.

14 mins confidence:

Tomorrow is a better day!

Explanation:

Hesham Elshahed
United States
Local time: 16:06
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

English

1 hr confidence:

Let's sleep on it!

Explanation:
It is usually used to indicate that more time and energy is needed to decide upon a matter.

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

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4

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Dec 19, 2011 - Changes made by Muhammad Atallah:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term

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