Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
all his geese are swans
Arabic translation:
قطه بجمل
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atefwasfy
May 2, 2008 21:48
16 yrs ago
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English term
all his geese are swans
English to Arabic
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
common saying
ما المقصود بالمثل
Proposed translations
(Arabic)
| 4 +1 | قطه بجمل |
Fathy Shehatto
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| 4 +5 | القرد في عين أمه غزال |
Mohsin Alabdali
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| 5 | يعمل البحر طحينة |
Aljobury
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| 5 | الخنفسة شافت ولادها على الحيط قالت لولي فخيط |
Nadia Ayoub
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May 3, 2008 14:44: atefwasfy Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Fathy Shehatto
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Egypt
Helping Clinical Researchers Save Lives
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Egyptian) 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
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قطه بجمل
all his geese are swans
he constantly exaggerates the importance of a person or thing
Source: wordreference.com, The Collins English Dictionary
he constantly exaggerates the importance of a person or thing
Source: wordreference.com, The Collins English Dictionary
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القرد في عين أمه غزال
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esperantiste
: نعم في تونس نقول كل قرد
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Ghada Samir
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Yahya Kerolos
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Lina Dallal-Bachi
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Akram Darwish
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يعمل البحر طحينة
It is an idiom used for a person who exaggerates a lot
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Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Specializes 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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الخنفسة شافت ولادها على الحيط قالت لولي فخيط
Also means the same.
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