این شمشیر را بر گلویش کشیدی؟

English translation: Did you cut her throat with THIS sword?

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Persian (Farsi) term or phrase:	این شمشیر را بر گلویش کشیدی؟
English translation:	Did you cut her throat with THIS sword?
Entered by:	SeiTT

09:20 Dec 7, 2010

Persian (Farsi) to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Persian (Farsi) term or phrase: این شمشیر را بر گلویش کشیدی؟

Greetings,

A half-deranged King Herod summons the officer he used to carry out his murderous commands against members of his own family. While dwelling on the murder of his wife Mariamne II he asks exactly how the officer used his sword:
این شمشیر را بر گلویش کشیدی؟

But what exactly is meant by this? Is it an idiom?

All the best, and many thanks,

Simon

PS Please correct my Persian where necessary.

SeiTT KudoZ activity Questions: 3738 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (9 closed without grading) Answers: 1 United Kingdom
Local time: 16:59

Did you cut her throat with THIS sword?

Explanation:
Literally, "Did you pull/draw this sword upon her throat?" but the meaning is "to cut". It is interesting how we do not say "to cut her neck". It sounds like Herod is pointing to the sword or maybe is holding it. In conversational English, we would probably say "Is this the sword you used to cut her throat?"

Selected response from:

Edward Plaisance Jr
Local time: 11:59

Grading comment

Many thanks, perfect.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +2

Did you cut her neck with this sword?

Salman Rostami

5 +1

Did you shove THIS sword into her throat?

Farzad Akmali

5 +1

Did you cut her throat with THIS sword?

Edward Plaisance Jr

Did you draw the sword on her neck

Kourosh Abdi

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Did you cut her neck with this sword?

Explanation:
Did you cut her neck with this sword?

The sentence is grammatically right and totally meaningful. The person wants to know if THIS sword has been used to kill his wife.

Salman Rostami
Canada
Local time: 08:59
Native speaker of:

Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 8

22 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Did you shove THIS sword into her throat?

Explanation:
گلو = throat

It is a humbling one when you shove a sword into the throat of your enemy. It is easy to say I have killed many of your brethren without ...

Reference: http://roleplayerguild.com/f8/vert-i-hate-you-maybe-sakari-1...

Farzad Akmali
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 20

1 hr confidence:

Did you draw the sword on her neck

Explanation:
شمشیر را بر گلو کشیدن is a collocation meaning to put the blade of the sword on one's neck and draw it back towards its handle so that you cut the skin and the main blood vessels and the victim dies from bleeding.
It is not shoving or cutting the throat completely.

Kourosh Abdi
Türkiye
Local time: 18:59
Native speaker of:

Kurdish,

Persian (Farsi)

7 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Did you cut her throat with THIS sword?

Edward Plaisance Jr
Local time: 11:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 61

Grading comment

Many thanks, perfect.

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