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Conceited as a barber's cat

Arabic translation: مغرور مثل الطاووس

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English term or phrase:	Conceited as a barber's cat
Arabic translation:	مغرور مثل الطاووس
Entered by:	Nadia Ayoub

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22:43 Jan 21, 2010

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English term or phrase: Conceited as a barber's cat

Conceited as a barber's cat

WalidmUK KudoZ activity Questions: 46 (5 open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 413
Local time: 23:39

مغرور مثل الطاووس

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Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 00:39

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مغرور مثل الطاووس

Nadia Ayoub

كلب الأمير، أمير

Lamis Maalouf

مغرور كأنه فوق جبل/مغرور كالديك

Ahmed Alami

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peer agreement (net): +2

conceited as a barber's cat

مغرور مثل الطاووس

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Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 00:39
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Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 178

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51 mins confidence:

conceited as a barber's cat كلب الأمير، أمير

Explanation:
هذا المثل فيه عنصر الملكيّة فمجرّد كون الكلب مقتنى من قبل أمير يجعله يتكبّر وكأنه أمير
في المرجع التالي يرد المثل مقترناً مع جنون العظمة المتسبّب عن التبعيّة لشخصيّة هامّة

Reference: http://www.metransparent.com/old/texts/fadel_khatib_rifat_as...

Lamis Maalouf
Local time: 17:39
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 20

9 hrs confidence:

conceited as a barber's cat مغرور كأنه فوق جبل/مغرور كالديك

Explanation:
مغرور كالديك يظن ان الشمس لا تشرق إلا إذا صاح
مغرور كأنه فوق الجبل يرى الناس صغار وفي عيون الناس كلهم يصغر

Ahmed Alami
Local time: 22:39
Native speaker of:

Arabic

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Feb 4, 2010 - Changes made by Nadia Ayoub:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term

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