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English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Government / Politics / Politics | | English term or phrase: acid test | | acid test - a crucial test of the value of something or someone. A politician might face the acid test of his popularity in an election. The term is also used in accounting as a measure of a company's abilities to pay immediate liabilities. |
| | | محك | Explanation:
Pronounced mahhak. The real test that shows somenone's metal or assertains the truthfulness of an assumption.
According to ajeeb.com, المحك is the decisive criterion, the gauge, or the yardstick, amongst other meanings.
Hope this helps,
Alaa
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Explanation:
you say that "acid test - a crucial test of the value of something or someone",so it is used to measure the reliability of such aperson or a thing.
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