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أكل العيش يحب الخفيه

English translation: The early bird catches/gets the worm

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Arabic term or phrase:	أكل العيش يحب الخفية/ الرزق يحب الخفية
English translation:	The early bird catches/gets the worm
Entered by:	Nermeen Yousry

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01:08 Dec 30, 2011

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Arabic term or phrase: أكل العيش يحب الخفيه

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The early bird catches/gets the worm

Explanation:
The early bird catches/gets the worm = أكل العيش يحب الخفية = الرزق يحب الخفية

Sources:
http://rakhawyschool.hooxs.com/t4-topic
http://hamdysallam.blogspot.com/2011/02/english-idioms.html
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/the_early_bird_gets_the_worm
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/The early bird catches t...
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/127000.html

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Nermeen Yousry
Egypt
Local time: 22:08

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4 +1

No pain, no gain/ Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Saleh Al-Qammaari

4 +1

The early bird catches/gets the worm

Nermeen Yousry

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أكل العيش يحب الخفية

The early bird catches/gets the worm

Nermeen Yousry
Egypt
Local time: 22:08
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

thank you

11 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

أكل العيش يحب الخفيه/ الرزق يحب الخفيه No pain, no gain/ Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Explanation:
هذا المثل يحض على الحركة والسعي على الرزق وعدم التقاعس

الأمثال المصرية تقدم نموذجًا مختلفا تمامًا عن تلك الصورة الشائعة ، وخاصة فيما يتعلق باحترام قيمة العمل ، وضرورته فى المجتمع ، فى نفس الوقت التى تدين فيه الكسل ، والتقاعس ، وعدم السعى على الرزق ، وإيثار الراحة على التعب ، وفيما يلى قائمة بأهم هذه الأمثال :
- السعى على المعاش عباده
- صنعه فى اليد .. أمان من الفقر
- صاحب صنعه .. أحسن من صاحب قلعه
- تراب العمل ، ولا زعفران البطاله
- الرزق يحب الخفيه
- الصباح رباح
Hence, I suggest
No pain, no gain
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/No pain no gain
Or
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Nothing ventured, nothin...

Reference: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:cKruuBS...

Saleh Al-Qammaari
Egypt
Local time: 22:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 44

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