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Arabic translation: لو كان الأمر بيدي

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English term or phrase:	if I had my druthers
Arabic translation:	لو كان الأمر بيدي
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15:28 May 10, 2010

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English term or phrase: if I had my druthers

if I had my druthers

einass KudoZ activity Questions: 1967 (10 open) (45 closed without grading) Answers: 1006
Local time: 00:40

لو كان الأمر بيدي

Explanation:
لو كان لي الاختيار
لو خيرت

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Ahmad Hafeez
Saudi Arabia
Local time: 01:40

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4 +2

لو كان الأمر بيدي

Ahmad Hafeez

4 +1

ليس كل ما يتمناه المرء يدركه

Nadia Ayoub

إذا كان بيدي الاختيار/ إذا كان لدي حق الاختيار

Abdelhalim Zeid

لو كان ليتحقق ما أصبو إليه

Tarik Boussetta

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22 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

ليس كل ما يتمناه المرء يدركه

Explanation:
Meaning

If I had my preference.

Origin

This is an American phrase and not used widely elsewhere. People elsewhere in the world might want to know what druthers are, as the phrase conveys otherwise. Druthers is a shortening of 'would rathers'. The phrase originated in the late 19th century and is first cited in the January 1870 edition of Overland monthly and Out West magazine, in a story called Centrepole Bill, by George F. Emery:

"If I was a youngster, I 'drather set up in any perfession but a circus-driver, but a man can't always have his 'drathers."
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Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 00:40
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 178

28 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

لو كان الأمر بيدي

Explanation:
لو كان لي الاختيار
لو خيرت

Reference: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/194850.html

Ahmad Hafeez
Saudi Arabia
Local time: 01:40
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks

43 mins confidence:

لو كان ليتحقق ما أصبو إليه

Explanation:
لو كان ليتحقق ما أصبو إليه

Tarik Boussetta
Local time: 22:40
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 20

18 hrs confidence:

if i had my druthers إذا كان بيدي الاختيار/ إذا كان لدي حق الاختيار

Explanation:
If I had my preference.

Example sentence(s):

"If I was a youngster, I 'drather set up in any perfession but a circus-driver, but a man can't always have his 'drathers."
"Bein's I caint have my druthers an' set still, I cal'late I'd better pearten up an' go 'long."

Reference: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/194850.html

Abdelhalim Zeid
Egypt
Local time: 00:40
Native speaker of: Arabic

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May 10, 2010 - Changes made by Mohamed Kamel:
Language pair	Arabic to English => English to Arabic

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