Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
شفط على شواربه
English translation:
sucked it dry
Added to glossary by
Nisah Sajawal
Mar 4, 2023 18:19
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Arabic term
United Kingdom
Spanish and Arabic into English, MA
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK)
Works in: Spanish to English, Arabic to English
شفط على شواربه
Arabic to English
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Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Hi all,
I'm wondering if you can help me to translate this idiomatically into US English. It appears in a few isolated sentences in a project I am working on:
- امتص الماء وسحبه وشفط على شواربه
- شفط على شواربه البنزين من السيارة
- شفط على شواربه شافطاً العصير دفعة واحدة
Thank you in advance for your help :)
I'm wondering if you can help me to translate this idiomatically into US English. It appears in a few isolated sentences in a project I am working on:
- امتص الماء وسحبه وشفط على شواربه
- شفط على شواربه البنزين من السيارة
- شفط على شواربه شافطاً العصير دفعة واحدة
Thank you in advance for your help :)
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | sucked it dry |
Mowafak Mohamed
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Proposed translations
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Mowafak Mohamed
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Egypt
Thinking. Translating. Captivating.
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Standard-Arabian (MSA), Saudi , Egyptian, UAE, Jordanian, Yemeni, Kuwaiti) 
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic
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Note added at 15 mins (2023-03-04 18:35:20 GMT)
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If you say that someone is sucking something dry or milking it dry, you are criticizing them for taking all the good things from it until there is nothing left.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/to-suck...
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Note added at 15 mins (2023-03-04 18:35:20 GMT)
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If you say that someone is sucking something dry or milking it dry, you are criticizing them for taking all the good things from it until there is nothing left.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/to-suck...
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