Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
عجزة طاعنون في السن يرقبون هول ساعتهم
English translation:
old people living out their days in dread
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Noha Kamal, PhD.
Sep 28, 2006 08:18
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عجزة طاعون في السن يرقبون هول ساعتهم
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don't understand this idiom, something like "living out their days in dread", these are old people displaced by war in a refugee camp whose sons have been killed in fighting and so have no hope either of returning to their homes or grandchildren. All help much appreciated.
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| 5 +2 | Exactly that |
Noha Kamal, PhD.
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| 4 | Disabled old people scared of their dreaded hour |
Sami Khamou
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Exactly that
Excatly that: "Old people living out their days in dread". I like it.
By the way it is طاعنون and not طاعون which means a plague :)
By the way it is طاعنون and not طاعون which means a plague :)
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Mayssa Allaf
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شكراً يا مايسة
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Eliana Bunn
: I agree, because عجزة here means old not disabeled not عاجزون
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Disabled old people scared of their dreaded hour
Disabled old people scared of their dreaded hour
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Note added at 1 day21 hrs (2006-09-30 05:59:36 GMT)
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Eliana Bunn:
If عحزة here means "old", then what would طاعنون في السن mean? How would you fit that meaning in the whole sentence?
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Note added at 1 day21 hrs (2006-09-30 05:59:36 GMT)
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Eliana Bunn:
If عحزة here means "old", then what would طاعنون في السن mean? How would you fit that meaning in the whole sentence?
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