English and Arabic Idioms

The Art of Speech-Arabic Idioms Chapter
Arabic-English dictionary for idioms, proverbs, politeness expressions, religious and Islamic expressions, slang and comparative spoken-written Arabic vocabulary.

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The Arabic Idioms
Written by Hussein Maxos

Arabic for non-natives series by Hussein Maxos©, Damascus 1995-2003.

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Index
• Introduction…………………………………………….page 3 • Symbols and abbreviations………………………………. 6 • Section ‫6 .……………………………………ﺣﺮف اﻷﻟﻒ ا‬ • Section ‫71 ……………………………………ﺣﺮف اﻟﺒﺎء ب‬ • Section ‫32 ……………………………………ﺣﺮف اﻟﺘﺎء ت‬ • Section ‫42 ……………………………………ﺣﺮف اﻟﺠﻴﻢ ج‬ • Section ‫62 ……………………………………ﺣﺮف اﻟﺤﺎء ح‬ • Section ‫92 ……………………………………ﺣﺮف اﻟﺨﺎء خ‬ • Section ‫13 .……………………………………ﺣﺮف اﻟﺪال د‬ • Section ‫33 ………………………………………ﺣﺮف اﻟﺬال ذ‬ • Section ‫43 .……………………………………ﺣﺮف اﻟﺮاء ر‬ • Section ‫73 .……………………………………ﺣﺮف اﻟﺰاي ز‬ • Section ‫83 ..…………………………………ﺣﺮف اﻟﺴﻴﻦ س‬ • Section ‫44 ..…………………………………ﺣﺮف اﻟﺸﻴﻦ ش‬ • Section ‫44 …………………………………ﺣﺮف اﻟﺼﺎد ص‬ • Section ‫54 ….………………………………ﺣﺮف اﻟﻀﺎد ض‬ • Section ‫74 ….…………………………………ﺣﺮف اﻟﻄﺎء ط‬ • Section ‫05 ……………………………………ﺣﺮف اﻟﻌﻴﻦ ع‬ • Section ‫95 ….…………………………………ﺣﺮف اﻟﻐﻴﻦ غ‬ • Section ‫06 .……………………………………ﺣﺮف اﻟﻔﺎء ف‬ • Section ‫26 .……………………………………ﺣﺮف اﻟﻘﺎف ق‬ • Section ‫46 ……………………………………ﺣﺮف اﻟﻜﺎف ك‬ • Section ‫86 ...……………………………………ﺣﺮف اﻟﻼم ل‬ • Section ‫27 ………………………………………ﺣﺮف اﻟﻤﻴﻢ م‬ • Section ‫97 ..……………………………………ﺣﺮف اﻟﻨﻮن ن‬ • Section ‫08 ..……………………………………ﺣﺮف اﻟﻬﺎء هـ‬ • Section ‫18 ...……………………………………ﺣﺮف اﻟﻮاو و‬ • Section ‫38… ..…………………………………ﺣﺮف اﻟﻴﺎء ي‬ • References……………………………………………

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Introduction The introduction is given in questions and answers style. They include:
• What is the idiom? • How were the idioms collected? • Why were only the commons idioms chosen? • How were the idioms arranged and classified? • Why were both spoken and written put together? • How the idioms were explained? • What kind of synonyms and why? • What is the alternative-similar form? • Why the literal translation? • Several kinds of