Nov 1, 2008 05:21
15 yrs ago
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Arabic term
زيطة وزمبليطة
Arabic to English
Other
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
سمعت هذه العبارة في برنامج الاتجاه المعاكس
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Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Works in field
Egypt
Never lost for words!
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Italian to Arabic, and 4 more.
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106
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A three ring circus
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/three-ring circus
http://www.answers.com/topic/three-ring-circus
http://www.answers.com/topic/three-ring-circus
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zkt
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Many thanks Zkt :)
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Maha Abouelela
3 hrs
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Thanks a lot Maha :)
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Neamaat Shehatah
3 hrs
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Thanks a lot Hervana :)
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Zareh Darakjian Ph.D.
: Good! It seems to be that a hyphen is needed? three-ring? It seems that a four-ring one would be less noisy than a three-ring one :)
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Many thanks Dr., you're right about my forgetting the hyphen :)
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Aymene Zermane
1 day 10 hrs
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Thanks a lot Aymene :)
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Sajjad Hamadani
: Dr. Darakjian: Are you going to ATA conference, if you are see you there,- Hamadani
3 days 7 hrs
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Many thanks A1 :)
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+3
4 mins
Saleh Ayyub
New Zealand
New Zealand
Native in Arabic
&
English
New Zealand
قاضي صلح و مترجم ومستشار - صالح أيوب
Native in: Arabic 
, English
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic
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chaos
Saleh :)
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Saleh Dardeer
: Agree. Saleh :)
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Hani Hassaan
2 hrs
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Mustafa Fadhel
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much ado about nothing
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KHALID ALHASSAN
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Many thanks.
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Sajjad Hamadani
: Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare
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Fahd Chafik
Spain
Spain
Native in Arabic
Spain
Translator/Journalist
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Standard-Arabian (MSA), Moroccan)
Works in: English to Arabic, French to Arabic, Spanish to Arabic, and 5 more.
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4
عبارة متعددة الاستعمالات
I think it is quite difficult to give an accurate transaltion for such an out-of-context expression. Do you remember the context?
Note from asker:
| أعرف أن السياق مهم ولكن لا أتذكره |
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Alaa Zeineldine
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
&
English
Egypt
The best in IT ... and in Automotive
Native in: Arabic , English
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, English, and 1 more.
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7
ruckus, brouhaha, stir, fanfare, pomp and ceremony
These are all valid options with different nuances, and of course, there is simply:
noise
noise
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