Glossary entry (derived from question below)
عربي term or phrase:
ضربني وبكى وسبقني واشتكى
أنجليزي translation:
the guilty/perpetrator pretends to be the victim
Added to glossary by
amkm
Oct 16, 2010 14:52
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عربي term
ضربني وبكى وسبقني واشتكى
عربي إلى أنجليزي
الفن/الأدب
التعبيرات الاصطلاحية \ الأمثال \ الأقوال المأثورة
ضربني وبكى وسبقني واشتكى
Proposed translations
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13 دقائق
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the guilty/perpetrator pretends to be the victim
When the perpetrator pretends to be the victim - Los Angeles ...
When the perpetrator pretends to be the victim .... Many hundreds of overtly guilty perpetrators pretending to be cardinals and bishops, remain in their ...
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When the perpetrator pretends to be the victim .... Many hundreds of overtly guilty perpetrators pretending to be cardinals and bishops, remain in their ...
www.examiner.com/.../when-the-perpetrator-pretends-to-be-th... - Cached
Note from asker:
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Comment: "Many thanks , sktrans.."
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Ali Alsaqqa
الولايات المتحدة
الولايات المتحدة
Native in عربي
الولايات المتحدة
Native speaker of Science and Eng.
Native in: عربي (Variant: Standard-Arabian (MSA))
Works in: أنجليزي إلى عربي
He hit me and cried, he raced me to complain
Note from asker:
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Peer comment(s):
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Dr. Ola Siam
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شكرا جزيلا
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Lamis Maalouf
: Right, or he beat me and cried and went before me to complain http://arabnews4world.blogspot.com/search?q=ضربني
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شكرا جزيلا
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Amira A Wahab
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شكرا جزيلا
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+1
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Maia Tabet
Native in أنجليزي
Specializes in field
No job too difficult
Native in: أنجليزي 
, فرنسي
Works in: عربي إلى أنجليزي, فرنسي إلى أنجليزي
Something along the lines of "lion in lamb's clothing"?
The suggested translations so far are competely literal and do not sound remotely idiomatic in English. What is needed is an EQUIVALENT English expression, such as in the following pair: "Hameeha Harameeha" which in English would be "the fox guarding the henhouse."
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Morano El-Kholy
مصر
مصر
Native in عربي
مصر
Technical,Engineering,Marketing, IT, Law
Native in: عربي 
Works in: أنجليزي إلى عربي, عربي إلى أنجليزي
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Beating me, he cried, then he rushed to complain
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