Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
at wits' end
Arabic translation:
أعيتهم الحيل
Added to glossary by
Nadia Ayoub
Nov 3, 2010 18:01
13 yrs ago
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English term
at wits' end
English to Arabic
Other
Journalism
rescuers at Thailand are at wits' end
Proposed translations
(Arabic)
4 +5 | أعيتهم الحيل | Nadia Ayoub |
4 +2 | بذل قصارى جهده، أقصى مايسع، أقصى حد ممكن | TargamaT team |
3 +2 | استنفذوا كل الحلول المتاحة | Nesrin |
5 | حائرون | Jafar Filfil |
5 -1 | في نهاية الذكاء | Fatima Nunez |
4 | عجز عن التفكير | Rania Efthemes (X) |
4 | على قدم وساق | azmi jbeili |
4 | لم يعد بإمكانهم/بوسعهم فعل شيء | Myrtrad1 |
3 | إستفرغوا وسعهم | Ayman Hemeida |
References
Rescuers 'at wits' end' | ahmadwadan.com |
Change log
Nov 8, 2010 13:20: Nadia Ayoub Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+5
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أعيتهم الحيل
Peer comment(s):
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Nesrin
: Best suggestion in my opinion!
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Many thanks Nesrin :)
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ahmadwadan.com
: ممتاز
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Many thanks Ahmad :)
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agree |
marwa_adam
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Many thanks Marwa :)
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agree |
Abdurrahman Asal
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Many thank Abdurrahman :)
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TargamaT team
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Many thanks Targamat :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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في نهاية الذكاء
Without more context, this is the literal translation.
Peer comment(s):
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Nesrin
: The literal translation doesn't really make sense in Arabic.. the context provided isn't that bad.
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disagree |
ahmadwadan.com
: Does not look proper Arabic.
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23 mins
English term (edited):
at wits\\\' end
عجز عن التفكير
كناية عن عدم القدرة على التفكير السليم (بسبب الارهاق الفكري) Atlas Encyclopedic Dictionary
23 mins
على قدم وساق
The closest I could think of, it conveys the meaning rather than literal translation
Peer comment(s):
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Nesrin
: I don't think that's close to the meaning though... ( http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/be at wits'+end )
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استنفذوا كل الحلول المتاحة
As I said in the discussion field, I feel that there's a proper Arabic idiom for that, similar to the Egyptian غلب حمارهم, but this suggestion may work in your context (more context may indeed be helpful).
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كما أشار الزميل العزيز.... استنفدوا (بالدال) .. معذرة
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Note added at 30 mins (2010-11-03 18:31:50 GMT)
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كما أشار الزميل العزيز.... استنفدوا (بالدال) .. معذرة
Peer comment(s):
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TargamaT team
: استنفدوا (بالدال) كل ما يمكن عمله
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صح صح! استنفدوا بالدال...... شكرا جزيلا
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ahmadwadan.com
: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/204495/rescuers-at-wit...
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بذل قصارى جهده، أقصى مايسع، أقصى حد ممكن
Be at your wits' end
to be very worried or upset because you have tried every possible way to solve a problem but cannot do it I've tried everything I can think of to make her eat and she flatly refuses. I'm really at my wits' end.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/be at wits' end
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أعياهم الأمر
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-11-03 19:22:48 GMT)
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http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/بقرة
to be very worried or upset because you have tried every possible way to solve a problem but cannot do it I've tried everything I can think of to make her eat and she flatly refuses. I'm really at my wits' end.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/be at wits' end
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-11-03 19:19:31 GMT)
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أعياهم الأمر
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-11-03 19:22:48 GMT)
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http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/بقرة
Peer comment(s):
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Nesrin
: أعياهم الأمر - good one! There's also Nadia's أعيتهم الحيل
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شكرًا، رويدًا رويدًا نصل إلى التعبير... :-))
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ahmadwadan.com
: فعلوا كل ما يستطيعون فعله
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شكرًا أخي أحمد
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2 hrs
لم يعد بإمكانهم/بوسعهم فعل شيء
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3 hrs
إستفرغوا وسعهم
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3 hrs
حائرون
أو في حيرة من أمرهم
حائرون جمع حائر
حائرون جمع حائر
Reference comments
12 hrs
Reference:
Rescuers 'at wits' end'
على رأي نسرين: غلب حمارهم ومش عارفين يعملوا إيه
Discussion
:-)
As the definition says "to be very worried or upset because you have tried every possible way to solve a problem but cannot do it"