Apr 16, 2013 15:19
11 yrs ago
Arabic term

أوراه شغله

Arabic to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
as is seen in the following excerpt from the novel Zainab by Dr. Husain Haikal:
لم ينس ابراهيم أن ينبههم إلى أن هذه الجهة أغلت من سابقتها وتستحق لذلك عناية أكبر، وأنذرهم أنه سيدقق في مراقبتهم، ومن وجد وراءه شيئا أوراه شغله

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Randa Farhat Apr 16, 2013:
معناها عامّي فرجاه شغله، ورّاه شغله، أي عاقبه أو نهرَه أو زجره، المفروض السؤال يوضع في قسم العربي عربي

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to be severely punished

يوريه شغله أي يعاقبه و ينكل به

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Note added at 14 hrs (2013-04-17 06:00:36 GMT)
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informal Egyptian dialect
Note from asker:
Many thanks. Can you tell me if this phrase is of fusha or of local dialect?
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to have it out with him/her

to have it out: to talk to someone honestly and directly about a problem that is causing disagreement or about something they have done that is making you angry
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