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Arabic translation: شخص صعب المراس - مشكلة عويصة


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English term or phrase:hard nut to crack شخص صعب المراس - مشكلة عويصة
Arabic translation:شخص صعب المراس - مشكلة عويصة
Entered by: Tarik Boussetta
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20:09 Jan 22, 2010
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
English term or phrase: hard nut to crack
definition:
difficult person or problem to deal with.
example:
This problem is getting me down. It's a hard nut to crack. Tom sure is a hard nut to crack. I can't figure him out.
GilleR
شخص صعب المراس - مشكل صعب
Explanation:
شخص صعب المراس - مشكل صعب

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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-01-22 23:23:52 GMT)
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Sorry : my suggestion is
مشكل عويص
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Tarik Boussetta
Local time: 22:39
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5شخص صعب المراس - مشكل صعب
Tarik Boussetta
5 +1مشكلة عسيرة جدًا / مشكلة معضلة / شخص عسير المعاملة
Muhammad Atallah
4 +1مشكلة يصعب حلها/معضلة
Nadia Ayoub
5راسه ناشفه ذي الحجر | مشكلة عويصة
Ghada Samir
4عنيد/متصلب برأيهMoodi
4التعامل مع مشكلة صعبة أو شخص صعب
Jafar Filfil
4لغز يصعب حله
Ziad Marzouka
3جوزة صعبة الكسر
Alexander Yeltsov
Summary of reference entries provided
mohamed elkhateeb

  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
مشكلة عسيرة جدًا / مشكلة معضلة / شخص عسير المعاملة


Explanation:
مشكلة عسيرة جدًا / مشكلة معضلة / شخص عسير المعاملة

Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Local time: 00:39
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 29

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  einass
2 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
مشكلة يصعب حلها/معضلة


Explanation:
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Note added at 8 mins (2010-01-22 20:18:10 GMT)
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مشكلة تستعصى على الحل

Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 00:39
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 178

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ghada Samir: معضلة when describing a situation!
13 hrs
  -> Many thanks Ghada :)
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
التعامل مع مشكلة صعبة أو شخص صعب


Explanation:
http://www.sudaneseonline.biz/cgi-bin/sdb/2bb.cgi?seq=msg&bo...

Jafar Filfil
Bulgaria
Local time: 01:39
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
شخص صعب المراس - مشكل صعب


Explanation:
شخص صعب المراس - مشكل صعب

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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-01-22 23:23:52 GMT)
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Sorry : my suggestion is
مشكل عويص


Tarik Boussetta
Local time: 22:39
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Osama Shahin
2 hrs
  -> thx Osama:)

agree  Maha Ararat
7 hrs
  -> thx Maha:)

agree  Ghada Samir: شخص صعب المراس when describing a person!
10 hrs
  -> Yes dear Ghada;)

agree  ahmadwadan.com: شخص صعب المراس - مشكلة عويصة
2 days9 hrs
  -> Thx Mr.Wadan:)

agree  Lamis Maalouf: Yes, I agree with you and with Ahmad
7 days
  -> Thx dear Lamis:)
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
راسه ناشفه ذي الحجر | مشكلة عويصة


Explanation:
راسه ناشفه ذي الحجر | مشكلة عويصة
This is the way we describe a person as being:راسه ناشفه ذي الحجر or an extremely difficult problem to solve as: مشكلة عويصة but in Egyptian Colloquial. At the same time, عويصة is classical Arabic & it means مبهم،صعب، معقد

Ghada Samir
Egypt
Local time: 00:39
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 8
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
جوزة صعبة الكسر


Explanation:
(( قراءة في تصفيـات المجموعة " ب " )) [الأرشيف] - ديوانيــة الأزرق ...
ورغم ذلك فإن الفريق الخليجي " جوزة " صعبة الكسر والقليل يعرف الفريق الذي دربه ميلان ماتشالا لـ3 مرات , وهو الذي يدرب منافسه البحرين . ...
http://diwania.alazraq.com/...php/t-177880.htm

المشهد الاسرائيلي
إيران هي جوزة صعبة الكسر جدا. الشعب الإيراني متكتل، وله تاريخ وطني عريق واعتزام وطني متطور، لديه أيديولوجيات دينية متشددة. يمكن قصف منشأتهم النفطية، ولكن ...
http://www.madarcenter.org/.../viewarticle.asp?

Alexander Yeltsov
Local time: 02:39
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Olga Subbotina: Yes, this is a true meaning لا يستسلم بسهولة / يبدي مقاومة شديدة
52 mins
  -> Thank you Olga.

disagree  ahmadwadan.com: verbatim & not common
1 day20 hrs
  -> Thank you for your note Ahmad.
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
عنيد/متصلب برأيه


Explanation:
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Moodi
Local time: 01:39
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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1 day14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
لغز يصعب حله


Explanation:
another option

Ziad Marzouka
Local time: 01:39
Native speaker of: Arabic
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Reference comments


14 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference

Reference information:
He's a hard nut to crack. لابينحلب ولابينجلب -صعب التعامل معو
http://iopal.net/forum/showthread.php?t=4903

Example sentence(s):
  • He's a hard nut to crack. لابينحلب ولابينجلب -صعب التعامل معو

    Reference: http://iopal.net/forum/showthread.php?t=4903
mohamed elkhateeb
Egypt
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Ghada Samir: Very nice"لابينحلب ولابينجلب"! First time I hear it, why didn't u post it as an answer?
15 hrs
  -> thank you very much Ghada. This is the first time I hear it too.
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Changes made by editors
Jan 30, 2010 - Changes made by Tarik Boussetta:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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