آش و لاش شدن

English translation: be battered/crippled, be beaten black and blue

18:12 Feb 2, 2012
Persian (Farsi) to English translations [PRO]
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Persian (Farsi) term or phrase: آش و لاش شدن
آن قدر کتکم زده بود که آش و لاش شده بودم
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English translation:be battered/crippled, be beaten black and blue
Explanation:
battered: injured by repeated blows (Concise Oxford English Dictionary)

If you like to use an idiom, you can translate the expression as follows:
He beat me black and blue...
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Ahmad Kabiri
Iran
Local time: 16:23
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thanks
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2beat(en) to a pulp
Edward Plaisance Jr
5He beat the living daylights out of me
Neda Namvar Kohan
5be battered/crippled, be beaten black and blue
Ahmad Kabiri


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
He beat the living daylights out of me


Explanation:
longman: to hit someone a lot and seriously hurt them

Neda Namvar Kohan
Iran
Local time: 16:23
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Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
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Asker: thank you

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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
be battered/crippled, be beaten black and blue


Explanation:
battered: injured by repeated blows (Concise Oxford English Dictionary)

If you like to use an idiom, you can translate the expression as follows:
He beat me black and blue...

Ahmad Kabiri
Iran
Local time: 16:23
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 5
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thanks
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Asker: thanks

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
beat(en) to a pulp


Explanation:
colloquial usage

Edward Plaisance Jr
Local time: 08:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 31
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Asker: Thank you all


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mahmoud Akbari
13 hrs
  -> thanks!

agree  Ahmad Hosseinzadeh: Also "pulp" has some graphical connection with آش!
16 hrs
  -> exactly
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