Jan 17, 2008 14:59
16 yrs ago
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Arabic term
يا نهار اسود
Arabic to English
Other
Media / Multimedia
film
لهجة مصرية في فلم
Proposed translations
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| 4 +4 | oh shoot! or Damn it! |
Abby Gomaa
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| 4 +2 | Oh dear! |
Iman Khaireddine
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| 4 +2 | Blimey! |
Mohamed Ghazal
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| 3 | oh what a bad news |
Nermin Aiad
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Change log
Jan 17, 2008 17:20: AhmedAMS changed "Language pair" from "English to Arabic" to "Arabic to English"
Proposed translations
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12 mins
Selected
oh shoot! or Damn it!
Both give the same meaning
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Doaa El Seify
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Thank you
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AhmedAMS
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Thank you
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Noha Kamal, PhD.
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Nesrin
: يا نهار اسود is usually an expression of surprise or shock (but it depends on the context of course). Your suggestions are usually expressions of frustration. I don't think they can be used in the same situations.
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Steve Booth
: oh shoot must be north american english in england we would use a slightly different spelling which i won't post so i don't offend anyone but replace the two Os with an I and can certainly be used in this context
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks for help"
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5 mins
Iman Khaireddine
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in Arabic
Works in field
United Kingdom
Connecting Cultures
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, French to Arabic, Arabic to English, and 1 more.
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6 hrs
Mohamed Ghazal
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
Native in Arabic
Specializes in field
United Arab Emirates
It's not just a job...
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Egyptian) 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
Related KudoZ points
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Blimey!
(used to express surprise or excitement.)
Also, blimy.
[Origin: 1885–90; orig. reduced form of blind me, as ellipsis from God blind me; cf.
Also, blimy.
[Origin: 1885–90; orig. reduced form of blind me, as ellipsis from God blind me; cf.
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Steve Booth
: you are right but its not in common use anymore
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It is in Australia. Have you ever seen the Crocodile Hunter, the late Steve Erwin's show?
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kifahl
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Thanks
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oh what a bad news
I think that يا نهار اسود in Egypt said when I hear bad news
Discussion
:-)
In other words, more context would help determine whether it's an exclamation of mild surprise of expressio of shock at some disaster.