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EastWestCircle

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"أكل الناس وشك"

عربي إلى أنجليزي الفن/الأدب الشعر والأدب Egyptian story

Sentence: فتخطت أصوات شجارهما قلب الدار إلى الشوارع المتاخمة، حتى "أكل الناس وشك"

Proposed translations (أنجليزي)

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Bayan Taleb

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Bayan Taleb

كندا

45 answers

Native in عربي

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talk of the town

… until you became the talk of the town!!
This is what I can think of :)

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Thanks!

Peer comment(s):

disagree	wael yousef (X) : I feel as if it sounds to me like "until it made you feel small" 17 ساعات
	i dI don’t know, according to the context (they were fighting and shouting) I felt that this is the best translation, but then you might be right!! It all depends on how you understand "أكل الناس وشك"!! :)

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