Post by jfkassad on Jun 10, 2006 9:42:35 GMT -5
Hi there...
Could you take two minutes off your precious time to add one or more Arabic Sayings To This List?
Pls reply with at least one saying that you can recall in Arabic.
More than one would be preferrable.
The More Sayings You Can Add, The Better.
As the saying goes....
Inta Kareem Wa Nihna Mnistehal. (You Are Generous And We Are Deserving)
Thank you,
rgrds,
*j*
ps.
If you see something that needs correcting in the list pls let me know.
The Best Wittiest Most Popular Arabic Sayings Ever!
1) Al Aleb Ghaleb.
(The Inside Is The Winner)(You Are More Beautiful Than Your Dress)
2) Baddak Takul E3inab Aw Baddak Tiktul El Natoor?
(Do You Want To Eat Grapes Or Kill The Watchman?)
3) Laww Badda Et Shatteh, La Ghayyamit.
(If It Was Going To Rain We Would Have Seen The Clouds By Now)
4) Inta Ghaleh Wa Talabak Rkhees.
(You Are Precious To Me And your Request Is Cheap)
5) El Helou Bi Shoof El Helou.
(The Beautiful Sees The Beautiful)
6) Yalli Ma Biyissal A3annak, Issal A3anno.
(Who doesnt Ask For You Ask For Him)
7) Inna Al Tuyoor Ala Ashkaliha Taka3.
(Birds Of A Feather Stick Together)
8) La Takrahu Shaian La3allahoo Khairan Lak.
( Do Not Hate Misfortune For Maybe There Is Fortune For You In It)
9) Seet Ghinah Wa La Seet Fukur
(The Reputation of Being Rich and Not The Reputation Of Being Poor)
10) Ma Bi Shukh A3la Isbu3 Majrooh.
( He Wouldnt Pee On A Bleeding Finger)
11) Ya Raytak Khreet Wa Ma Hkeet.
(Wish You Took A nuts And Didnt Speak)
12) Biyigghrak Bi Kubbayet My.
(He Drowns In A Glass Of Water)
13) Rah La Yittwaddah, Ghurik.
( He Went To Wash For Prayers and He Drowned)
14) Dik El My , Hiyyeh My.
(Pound The Water and It Remains Water)
15) Mart El Sekkaf Hafyeh Wa Mart El Khayyat Eryaneh.
( The Wife Of the Cobbler IS Barefoot And The Wife Of The Tailor Is Naked.
16) Darabne Wa Baka, Sabakneh Wa Ishtaka.
(He Hit Me And Cried And Rushed To Report My Crime)
17) Allah Biya3teh Lahem Lil Y Ma Illo Snen.
(God Gives Meat To Those Without Teeth)
18) Thawb El E3eyere Ma Bit Daffeh.
( The Borrowed Tuxedo Does Not Keep One Warm)
19) Inta Kareem Wa Nihna Mnistehal.
(You Are Generous And We Are Deserving)
20) Rooh Ballit El Baher
( Go Tile The Sea)
21) Darb El Habib Zbeeb.
(A Hit From A loved One Is Raisins)
22) Kool Lee Man Tu3ashir Akool Laka Meen Ant.
(Tell Me Who Your Friends Re And Ill Tell YOu Who YOu Are.)
23) Wijjo Mitl Afeh
( His face is Like His Rear)
24) Bil Wijj Mmreyeh Wa Bil Afa Sermayeh
( In Your Face He Is A Mirror And Behind You He Is A Slipper)
25) Fusso Hameh Wa Irsan El Bard
(His Fart Is Warm Yet He Is Freezing From The Cold)
26) Shaf Shee Ma Shaf Shee, Shaf Immo Wa Ghishee
( He Saw Something He Did Not See Something , He Saw His Mothers [thingy] And Died Laughing)
27) Hib Habibak Laww Abed Aswad
(Love Your Lover Even If He Is A Black Slave)
28) In Ken Habibak Min A3asal, Ma Tillhaso Killo
( If Your Lover Was Made Of Honey, Don't Lick Him All Up)
29) Ma Ahla Min El Walad Illa Walad El Walad
( Whats More Precious Than The Child But The Grandchild)
30) A3ti Khibzak Lil Khibbaz Law Sarak Nusson
( Give Your Dough To The Baker Even If He Steals Half of Them)
31) Wijjo Biyekta3 El Rizk
( His Face Cuts Off The Fortune)
32) Wijjo MA Byidhak La Rgheef El Sukhon
( His Face Will Not Smile Even For A Warm Loaf Of Bread)
33) B3eed A3n El A3ayn, B3eed A3n El Kalb
( Far From The Eye Far Fromn the Heart)
34) Eed Wihdeh Ma Bit Zakkif
(One Hand Can Not Clap)
35) Mish Kill Asabee3ak Mitl Ba3don.
(Not All Your Fingers Are Alike)
36) Eed Wihdeh Wa Khams Asabee3
( One Hand But Five fingers)
37) A3sfour Bil Eed Wala A3shra A3l Shaggra
( One Bird in the Hand is Worth 10 on the Tree)
38) A3mol Mnih Wa Kib Bil Bahr
( Do Good and Throw It In the Sea)
39) Atal Ateel Wa Mishe Bi Daffno
(He Killed The Victim And Walked In His Funeral)
40) Min Timmak La Bab El Sama
(From Your Mouth To The Gates Of Heaven)
41) Tobb el Jarra 3ala Timma, Btetla3 el Binet A3la Imma
( Turn The Jar On Its Opening And The Girl Will Turn Out Like Her Mother)
42) El Kamar Helou Wa Inta Ahhla
( The Moon Is Beautiful But You are Lovlier)
43) Tajjri Al Riyah Ma Tish Tahi Al Sufun
( CAN SOMEONE translate this correctly?)
44) Al Urd Bi A3yn Immo Ghazal
( The Monkey in His Mothers Eye Is a Ghazelle)
45) Ma Bass Timma Illa Imma
( Nobody Kissed Her Lips But Her Mother)
46) Déb el Talej Wa Bayyan el Khara
(The snow Melted and the nuts Appeared)
47) Izza Khéré Martayn, Ja3.
(If He nutss Twice He Gets Hungry
48) Shemm Wu Lat Douk
(Smell But Don't Taste)
49) Tizain Bi Fard Llbas
(Two Asses In One Brief)
50) Kharyet Kalb Wa Maksoomi
( A Dog's nuts and Divided)
51) Etool Tool Nkhalah Wal3aqel A3aqel Skhala
(Height as Tall as a Palm Tree and a Mind as that of a
Goat)
52) Men Sent Koh7 Wa Drot
( From The Year of Cough and Fart)
53) Min Sint Alf Tes3meye Wa Khashbi
( From the Year of One Thousand Ninehundred and Wood)
54) El Akhwat Yihhkeh Wil Shater Yiffham
( The Crazy Man Talks and The Smart Man Understands)
55) Tanjara Likyit Ghataha.
( A Pot Found Its Cover)
56) Zzkor El Dib Hayye El Adib
(Mention The Wolf And Have Your Club Ready?) Can someone correct that?
57) Bezzko Bazek
( He Spit Him Spit) HAHAHAHA
58) Shhhbatt Labbatt.
( Febuary Is A Kicker)
59) Issal Mujarrib Ma Tissal Hakim.
( Ask Someone who has experience not one with a doctorate.)
60) Ma Bi Hikk Jildak Mittl Duffrak
( Nothing Scratches Your Skin Like Your finger)
61) Law Ken Zabri Matrah Sabri Ken Zaffatha Min Sintain.
( If My D**k Was In Place Of Sabri (speaker of the house of parliament) he would have asphalted it two years ago)
62) El A3war Bain El E3myen Malak.
(The One Eyed Man is a King in the Country of the Blind.)
63) Li Ma Biyejjeh Ma3ak, Ta3a Ma3o
(Who does not go with you, go with him.)
64) Killmet Ya Rayt O3umra Ma A3ammarit Bayt
(The Word WISH Never Built A Home)
65) Ittghadda Wa Tmaddad It3ashha W Itmashha
( Have Lunch and Lie Down Have dinner And Go for A Walk)
66) Akbar Minnak Bi Nhhar affham Minnak Bi Sinneh
(Older than you by a day, wiser than you by a year.)
67) Al Walad Walad Law A3ammar Balad.
( A Child Is A Child Even If he Built A Citty)
68) Izza Ken El Kalam Min fuddah La Ken El Sukoot Min Dhihab.
(If Speech is Silver, Then Silence is Golden.)
69) Al Wakt Min Dhihab.
( Time Is Gold)
70) Al Hubb A3ma
(Love is Blind)
71) Wahad Hamil Dakkno , Wil Thani Ta3baan Fee
( One Man Wears a Beard And The Other Is Worrying About It)
72) Kalb El Mir Mir.
( The Princes Dog Is a Prince)
73) Ma Baddo Daff La Yirrkuss
( He Doesnt Need Music To Dance)
KEEP SENDING THEM IN! THANK YOU!
Could you take two minutes off your precious time to add one or more Arabic Sayings To This List?
Pls reply with at least one saying that you can recall in Arabic.
More than one would be preferrable.
The More Sayings You Can Add, The Better.
As the saying goes....
Inta Kareem Wa Nihna Mnistehal. (You Are Generous And We Are Deserving)
Thank you,
rgrds,
*j*
ps.
If you see something that needs correcting in the list pls let me know.
The Best Wittiest Most Popular Arabic Sayings Ever!
1) Al Aleb Ghaleb.
(The Inside Is The Winner)(You Are More Beautiful Than Your Dress)
2) Baddak Takul E3inab Aw Baddak Tiktul El Natoor?
(Do You Want To Eat Grapes Or Kill The Watchman?)
3) Laww Badda Et Shatteh, La Ghayyamit.
(If It Was Going To Rain We Would Have Seen The Clouds By Now)
4) Inta Ghaleh Wa Talabak Rkhees.
(You Are Precious To Me And your Request Is Cheap)
5) El Helou Bi Shoof El Helou.
(The Beautiful Sees The Beautiful)
6) Yalli Ma Biyissal A3annak, Issal A3anno.
(Who doesnt Ask For You Ask For Him)
7) Inna Al Tuyoor Ala Ashkaliha Taka3.
(Birds Of A Feather Stick Together)
8) La Takrahu Shaian La3allahoo Khairan Lak.
( Do Not Hate Misfortune For Maybe There Is Fortune For You In It)
9) Seet Ghinah Wa La Seet Fukur
(The Reputation of Being Rich and Not The Reputation Of Being Poor)
10) Ma Bi Shukh A3la Isbu3 Majrooh.
( He Wouldnt Pee On A Bleeding Finger)
11) Ya Raytak Khreet Wa Ma Hkeet.
(Wish You Took A nuts And Didnt Speak)
12) Biyigghrak Bi Kubbayet My.
(He Drowns In A Glass Of Water)
13) Rah La Yittwaddah, Ghurik.
( He Went To Wash For Prayers and He Drowned)
14) Dik El My , Hiyyeh My.
(Pound The Water and It Remains Water)
15) Mart El Sekkaf Hafyeh Wa Mart El Khayyat Eryaneh.
( The Wife Of the Cobbler IS Barefoot And The Wife Of The Tailor Is Naked.
16) Darabne Wa Baka, Sabakneh Wa Ishtaka.
(He Hit Me And Cried And Rushed To Report My Crime)
17) Allah Biya3teh Lahem Lil Y Ma Illo Snen.
(God Gives Meat To Those Without Teeth)
18) Thawb El E3eyere Ma Bit Daffeh.
( The Borrowed Tuxedo Does Not Keep One Warm)
19) Inta Kareem Wa Nihna Mnistehal.
(You Are Generous And We Are Deserving)
20) Rooh Ballit El Baher
( Go Tile The Sea)
21) Darb El Habib Zbeeb.
(A Hit From A loved One Is Raisins)
22) Kool Lee Man Tu3ashir Akool Laka Meen Ant.
(Tell Me Who Your Friends Re And Ill Tell YOu Who YOu Are.)
23) Wijjo Mitl Afeh
( His face is Like His Rear)
24) Bil Wijj Mmreyeh Wa Bil Afa Sermayeh
( In Your Face He Is A Mirror And Behind You He Is A Slipper)
25) Fusso Hameh Wa Irsan El Bard
(His Fart Is Warm Yet He Is Freezing From The Cold)
26) Shaf Shee Ma Shaf Shee, Shaf Immo Wa Ghishee
( He Saw Something He Did Not See Something , He Saw His Mothers [thingy] And Died Laughing)
27) Hib Habibak Laww Abed Aswad
(Love Your Lover Even If He Is A Black Slave)
28) In Ken Habibak Min A3asal, Ma Tillhaso Killo
( If Your Lover Was Made Of Honey, Don't Lick Him All Up)
29) Ma Ahla Min El Walad Illa Walad El Walad
( Whats More Precious Than The Child But The Grandchild)
30) A3ti Khibzak Lil Khibbaz Law Sarak Nusson
( Give Your Dough To The Baker Even If He Steals Half of Them)
31) Wijjo Biyekta3 El Rizk
( His Face Cuts Off The Fortune)
32) Wijjo MA Byidhak La Rgheef El Sukhon
( His Face Will Not Smile Even For A Warm Loaf Of Bread)
33) B3eed A3n El A3ayn, B3eed A3n El Kalb
( Far From The Eye Far Fromn the Heart)
34) Eed Wihdeh Ma Bit Zakkif
(One Hand Can Not Clap)
35) Mish Kill Asabee3ak Mitl Ba3don.
(Not All Your Fingers Are Alike)
36) Eed Wihdeh Wa Khams Asabee3
( One Hand But Five fingers)
37) A3sfour Bil Eed Wala A3shra A3l Shaggra
( One Bird in the Hand is Worth 10 on the Tree)
38) A3mol Mnih Wa Kib Bil Bahr
( Do Good and Throw It In the Sea)
39) Atal Ateel Wa Mishe Bi Daffno
(He Killed The Victim And Walked In His Funeral)
40) Min Timmak La Bab El Sama
(From Your Mouth To The Gates Of Heaven)
41) Tobb el Jarra 3ala Timma, Btetla3 el Binet A3la Imma
( Turn The Jar On Its Opening And The Girl Will Turn Out Like Her Mother)
42) El Kamar Helou Wa Inta Ahhla
( The Moon Is Beautiful But You are Lovlier)
43) Tajjri Al Riyah Ma Tish Tahi Al Sufun
( CAN SOMEONE translate this correctly?)
44) Al Urd Bi A3yn Immo Ghazal
( The Monkey in His Mothers Eye Is a Ghazelle)
45) Ma Bass Timma Illa Imma
( Nobody Kissed Her Lips But Her Mother)
46) Déb el Talej Wa Bayyan el Khara
(The snow Melted and the nuts Appeared)
47) Izza Khéré Martayn, Ja3.
(If He nutss Twice He Gets Hungry
48) Shemm Wu Lat Douk
(Smell But Don't Taste)
49) Tizain Bi Fard Llbas
(Two Asses In One Brief)
50) Kharyet Kalb Wa Maksoomi
( A Dog's nuts and Divided)
51) Etool Tool Nkhalah Wal3aqel A3aqel Skhala
(Height as Tall as a Palm Tree and a Mind as that of a
Goat)
52) Men Sent Koh7 Wa Drot
( From The Year of Cough and Fart)
53) Min Sint Alf Tes3meye Wa Khashbi
( From the Year of One Thousand Ninehundred and Wood)
54) El Akhwat Yihhkeh Wil Shater Yiffham
( The Crazy Man Talks and The Smart Man Understands)
55) Tanjara Likyit Ghataha.
( A Pot Found Its Cover)
56) Zzkor El Dib Hayye El Adib
(Mention The Wolf And Have Your Club Ready?) Can someone correct that?
57) Bezzko Bazek
( He Spit Him Spit) HAHAHAHA
58) Shhhbatt Labbatt.
( Febuary Is A Kicker)
59) Issal Mujarrib Ma Tissal Hakim.
( Ask Someone who has experience not one with a doctorate.)
60) Ma Bi Hikk Jildak Mittl Duffrak
( Nothing Scratches Your Skin Like Your finger)
61) Law Ken Zabri Matrah Sabri Ken Zaffatha Min Sintain.
( If My D**k Was In Place Of Sabri (speaker of the house of parliament) he would have asphalted it two years ago)
62) El A3war Bain El E3myen Malak.
(The One Eyed Man is a King in the Country of the Blind.)
63) Li Ma Biyejjeh Ma3ak, Ta3a Ma3o
(Who does not go with you, go with him.)
64) Killmet Ya Rayt O3umra Ma A3ammarit Bayt
(The Word WISH Never Built A Home)
65) Ittghadda Wa Tmaddad It3ashha W Itmashha
( Have Lunch and Lie Down Have dinner And Go for A Walk)
66) Akbar Minnak Bi Nhhar affham Minnak Bi Sinneh
(Older than you by a day, wiser than you by a year.)
67) Al Walad Walad Law A3ammar Balad.
( A Child Is A Child Even If he Built A Citty)
68) Izza Ken El Kalam Min fuddah La Ken El Sukoot Min Dhihab.
(If Speech is Silver, Then Silence is Golden.)
69) Al Wakt Min Dhihab.
( Time Is Gold)
70) Al Hubb A3ma
(Love is Blind)
71) Wahad Hamil Dakkno , Wil Thani Ta3baan Fee
( One Man Wears a Beard And The Other Is Worrying About It)
72) Kalb El Mir Mir.
( The Princes Dog Is a Prince)
73) Ma Baddo Daff La Yirrkuss
( He Doesnt Need Music To Dance)
KEEP SENDING THEM IN! THANK YOU!
