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اقرع ونزهي

English translation: Beggars can't be choosers

19:53 May 27, 2012
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / from a forum, Egyptian dialect
Arabic term or phrase: اقرع ونزهي
This is a forum response discussing some pictures. I don't know what the pictures are, but people seem to be responding positively to them. I don't have much context because each response is short and separate from the others.

This is the entire post:

بينطبق عليهم مثل اقرع ونزهي
علي اساس ان الشريحة دية مش مصريين او هو نفسة مش من دول العالم التالت ههههه

Thanks!
Dareth Pray
United States
Local time: 10:47
English translation:Beggars can't be choosers
Explanation:
Prov. If someone gives you something you asked for, you should not complain about what you get. I asked Joe to lend me his bicycle, and he sent me this old, rusty one. But beggars can't be choosers. Jill: Let me wear your green dress; I don't like the blue one you lent me. Jane: Beggars can't be choosers.
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Mahmoud Sami
Egypt
Local time: 19:47
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2A beggar with a Havana
Tamer Mekhimar
5Beggars can't be choosers
Mahmoud Sami


  

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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
A beggar with a Havana


Explanation:
A beggar with a Havana

Tamer Mekhimar
Egypt
Local time: 19:47
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Taghreed Mahmoud
10 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  Morano El-Kholy
14 hrs
  -> Thanks!
neutral  Saleh Dardeer: Could you please provide an English reference? All search results are posted only in Arabic websites as translation for this phrase
16 hrs
neutral  Khalid W: I agree with Saleh...I've never heard this expression in English
18 hrs
neutral  Mahmoud Sami: I also agree with Saleh.
1 day 15 hrs
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Beggars can't be choosers


Explanation:
Prov. If someone gives you something you asked for, you should not complain about what you get. I asked Joe to lend me his bicycle, and he sent me this old, rusty one. But beggars can't be choosers. Jill: Let me wear your green dress; I don't like the blue one you lent me. Jane: Beggars can't be choosers.


    Reference: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Beggars+can%27t+be+choos...
Mahmoud Sami
Egypt
Local time: 19:47
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 8
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