2 Afraid Arabic Idiom Transliteration Literal Meaning English Idiom or Meaning 1 biy-XAf al-la he is afraid [of] God he’s honest ِبيْخاف اهلل biy-XAf min Xa-yaa-lo he is afraid of his shadow he’s afraid of his own shadow ِ 2 ِبيْخاف من َخيالُه a-LEha min he fears on her from the breeze he’s overprotective of herع biy-XAf ِ 3 in-nis-me ِبيْخاف َعليـها من ِّالن ْسمة il-li biy-XAf min il-GHool he who is afraid of the demon it you have nothing to fear but ِ 4 lo comes out to him fear itself-عbyiT-la * ّإلي ِبيْخاف من الغول بْ ِي ْط َل ْع ُله (lit) he wets himself; (fig) he gets 5 biy-shuX taH-to he pees under himself terrified easily, he’s a coward ِبيْ ُشخ َتْ ُته jaa-je a chicken/hen coward * جاجة 6 his hair stood on end, 7 waq-qaf sha- ar rA-so the hair of his head stood up he was terrified ع َو َّقف َش َعر ُراسه D-ha his legs knock together he’s terrifiedعrij-LE bit-Xab-beT fi ba ِ ِ 8 ر ْجليه بتْ َخ ِّبط يف َب ْع ْضها he is putting his hand is on his a-la qal-bo he’s afraidع HA-TeT ee-do ِ 9 heart حاطط ُإيده َعلى َقلْ ُبه my heart fell down between my my heart was in my mouth, 10 qal-bi bEn rij-lay legs I was scared عwi-qe ِو ِقع َقلْبـي بيـن ِر ْج َلي .Close to the French r, sounding like a guttural r :(غ) LEGEND FOR VOWELS E: Sounds long and open as in the words fair, dare. LEGEND FOR CONSONANTS GH Sounds emphatic, in contrast with the normal t :(ط) Hamza is a glottal stop (a little explosion of air), you T :(ء) ’ .a: Sounds short as in the words another, addition. ee: Sounds long as in the words deed, ear .similar to the t in the English word ton ,(ت) .A: Sounds long as in the words far, car. o: Sounds short as in the words bingo, tote. can hear in the bo’ttle if said with a scottish accent Sounds emphatic, in contrast with the normal s :(ص) This is a guttural letter pronounced in the back of the S :(ع) ع .aa: Sounds long as in the words dad, fat. O: Sounds long and open as in the words door, four similar to the sound of s in the words Sunday ,(س) .i: Sounds short as in the words did, hit. oo: Sounds long as in food, moon. throat with no parallel sound in English phonetics e: Sounds short as in the words red, said. u: Sounds short as in the words put, book. We have kept the original letter in Arabic. as opposed to the s in the word Saturday. 3 Afraid Arabic Idiom Transliteration Literal Meaning English Idiom or Meaning 11 nij-mo Xa-feef his star is light-weighted he’s easily scared ِنْ ُمه َخفيف they manipulated him; they 12 li -bu fi a -SA-bo they played with his nerves scared him ع ع لِ ْعبوا يف أَ ْع ُصابه his blood curdled,he was ni-shef dam-mo his blood dried up frightened ِن ِشف َد ُّمه 13 (I/we) hope nothing bad 14 al-la yus-tor [may] God protect …happens, God preserve us/him * اهلل ُي ْس ُتـر (I/we) hope nothing bad yaa saa-ter oh [God the] protector …happens, God preserve us/him * يا ِساتر 15 yam-ma oh mother said when one is afraid * َيّا 16 Amount / Size Arabic Idiom Transliteration Literal Meaning English Idiom or Meaning 1 wa-la Hab-be not even a seed crazy; not at all * َوﻻ َح ّبة on the end absolutely, completely, 100% al-’aa-Xerع * َع ِاﻵخر 2 Urban Palestinian is hamze (’). Russian laughing kha kha kha), and sounds like the Jewish Holiday similar to the ,(د) Sounds emphatic, in contrast with the normal d :(ض) D .this is an aspirated letter pronounced from the back of the throat, Chanukkah is pronounced in America :(ح) sound of d in the words dumb, duck. H Sounds like th in the words there, this, that. with the mouth relatively wide open similar to the sound of puffing :(ذ) dh .Sounds like th in the words think, thank, through. on a pair of glasses to clean them or a dog panting :(ث) th ,sounds as a soft j similar to the first letter we hear in the word genre. * These Idioms are immutable: they never change form despite gender :(ج) q is pronounced like a k with the tongue farther back, similar to the j :(ق) q .this sound is usually represented as kh (sounds as if you imagine a number or tense :(خ) sound of the letter c in the English word caught. Its main sound in X 4 Amount / Size Arabic Idiom Transliteration Literal Meaning English Idiom or Meaning (bi-sha-kel in a form very, really (pos/neg * ِب َش ِكل 3 we don’t have “peace” or 4 laa “sa-laam” wa-la i-shi neither “peace” nor anything anything of the sort * ﻻ َ"سﻻم" َوﻻ إشي laa “sA-far-na” wa-la maa neither “we traveled” nor they we didn’t “travel” or anything of 5 yaH-za-noon be sad the sort * ﻻ َ"ساف ْرنا" َوﻻ ما َي ْح َزنون has no bit of “taste”, has no 6 wa-la ree-Het “iz-zOq” not [even] the smell of “the taste” taste” at all“ * َوﻻ ريحة ّ"الذوق" 7 qad il-kam-she the amount of a handful small, tiny, little amount * َق ّد َالك ْمشة on the few at least al-qa-lee-leع * َع َالقليلة 8 i-shi u-min-no something and from it partially; moderately * إشي ِوم ُّنه 9 with very few people (with a on the narrow (ad-diy-yeq limited number of inviteesع * 10 َع ِّالض ِّيق qir-dEn u-Haa-res two monkeys and a guardian very few people ِ 11 * ق ْردين ِوحارس 12 byin- ad-du al-’a-SA-be they are counted on the fingers they are very few ع ع ع بْ ِــيـنْ َع ّدوا َع َاﻷ ِصابع .Close to the French r, sounding like a guttural r :(غ) LEGEND FOR VOWELS E: Sounds long and open as in the words fair, dare. LEGEND FOR CONSONANTS GH Sounds emphatic, in contrast with the normal t :(ط) Hamza is a glottal stop (a little explosion of air), you T :(ء) ’ .a: Sounds short as in the words another, addition. ee: Sounds long as in the words deed, ear .similar to the t in the English word ton ,(ت) .A: Sounds long as in the words far, car. o: Sounds short as in the words bingo, tote. can hear in the bo’ttle if said with a scottish accent Sounds emphatic, in contrast with the normal s :(ص) This is a guttural letter pronounced in the back of the S :(ع) ع .aa: Sounds long as in the words dad, fat. O: Sounds long and open as in the words door, four similar to the sound of s in the words Sunday ,(س) .i: Sounds short as in the words did, hit. oo: Sounds long as in food, moon. throat with no parallel sound in English phonetics e: Sounds short as in the words red, said. u: Sounds short as in the words put, book. We have kept the original letter in Arabic. as opposed to the s in the word Saturday. 5 Amount / Size Arabic Idiom Transliteration Literal Meaning English Idiom or Meaning neither for me nor for the dear 13 laa i-li wa-la laH-baab qal-bi very little, not enough ones of my heart ﻻ إلي َوﻻ َ َﻷ ْحباب َقلْبـي 14 bit-rAb il-ma-SA-ri with the soil of the money very cheap * ِبتْراب َالـمصاري nuS nuS half half so so, not good not bad * ُنص ُنص 15 it’s not a lot, it’s not very good 16 wa-la tshid ee-dak and don’t clench your hand (regarding quality or quantity) َوﻻ تْ ِشد َإيدك 17 wa-la il-ba-laash and not the without anything it’s better than nothing * َوﻻ َالبﻻش aH-san min ba-laash better than without anything it’s better than nothing ِ 18 * أَ ْح َسن من َبﻻش il-li min-no aH-san min-no what is from him is better than him it’s better than nothing ِ ِ 19 ّإلي م ُّنه أَ ْح َسن م ُّنه [even] a hair from a pig’s ass is a ra min Teez Xan-zeer it’s better than nothing-عsha ِ ِ 20 ba-ra-ke blesssing * َش ْع َرة من طيـز َخنْـزير َب َركة lo min il-ja-mal he gets from the camel its ear he didn’t get his fair share-عbyiT-la ِ 21 daa-no بْ ِي ْط َـــل ْــع ُــله نم َاجل َمل ُدانه one hand in front and one hand 22 eed wa-ra u-’eed qud-daam empty-handed (neg) [behind [like when walking * إيد َوراء وإيد ُق ّدام Urban Palestinian is hamze (’). Russian laughing kha kha kha), and sounds like the Jewish Holiday similar to the ,(د) Sounds emphatic, in contrast with the normal d :(ض) D .this is an aspirated letter pronounced from the back of the throat, Chanukkah is pronounced in America :(ح) sound of d in the words dumb, duck.