Glossary entry

Arabic term or phrase:

الغس والسنين

English translation:

the valuable and the valueless

Added to glossary by Nadia Ayoub
Aug 10, 2010 16:13
13 yrs ago
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Arabic term

الغس والسنين

Arabic to English Art/Literary Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
نأخذ الغس والسنين

I think this is a mistake and it should be الغث والسمين but I am not sure if i am right is it 'take the rough with the smooth' or 'sort the wheat from the chaff'
If you think the original is correct what would it mean.
Change log

Aug 15, 2010 20:47: Nadia Ayoub Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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Arabic term (edited): الغث والسمين
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the valuable and the valueless

Peer comment(s):

agree Dina El Kassas : take everything without distinction or criteria for selection. I don't have in mind an idiomatic expression with this meaning
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Many thanks Dina :)
agree Lina Shehabi Murad (Mourant)
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Many thanks Lina :)
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the worthy and the unworthy alike

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Note added at 59 mins (2010-08-10 17:13:22 GMT)
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Peer comment(s):

agree TargamaT team
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thank you TargamaT
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1 day 15 hrs

The poor and the rich

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TO SEPARATE THE SHEEP FROM THE GOATS

يعزل الغث عن السمين
وهي عبارة تعني يعزل الجيد عن الفاسد
وهناك تعبير إصطلاحي باللغة الإنجليزية
TO SEPARATE THE SHEEP FROM THE GOATS
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