Dec 14, 2009 12:15
15 yrs ago
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Arabic term
جاب الديب من ديله
Arabic to English
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
idiom
عمل ناصح
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | grab the tiger by the tail |
Osama Shahin
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| 4 | He has the tiger the tail |
Rania Abd El Whab
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Proposed translations
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Osama Shahin
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Works in field
Egypt
Your Source of Reliable Translation
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
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grab the tiger by the tail
"too clever by half"
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Ali Alsaqqa
: I don't think that verbatim translation works in this case
4 hrs
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did you check the link Ali?
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| agree |
siba chehab
1 day 5 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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Rania Abd El Whab
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Egypt
PHD | 20 yrs experience
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Egyptian, Saudi )
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
He has the tiger the tail
A proverb in English
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