Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
وكالة من غير بواب
English translation:
a place where anyone can just walk in
Added to glossary by
Andrew Cavell
Dec 7, 2010 14:54
13 yrs ago
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Arabic term
وكالة من غير بواب
Arabic to English
Other
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
في يوم صيفي قائظ وفي عز الظهيرة، دخلت على صديق عازب، في شقته المشرعة الأبواب دائما التي ليس عليها أي أقفال، كأي وكالة من غير بواب.
Literally "an agency [shop?] without a doorman", but I understand it's an expression.
Thank you for any help.
Literally "an agency [shop?] without a doorman", but I understand it's an expression.
Thank you for any help.
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
+1
3 hrs
Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Works in field
Egypt
Never lost for words!
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Italian to Arabic, and 4 more.
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106
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a place where anyone can just walk in
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you Nadia and all who answered.
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9 mins
TargamaT team
France
France
Native in Arabic
France
Arabic professional content & beyond...
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Standard-Arabian (MSA)) 
, French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to Arabic, French to Arabic, German to Arabic, and 6 more.
Related KudoZ points
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12
open door office, office without porter
from context...
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Or, actually, doorman…
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Note added at 13 mins (2010-12-07 15:07:59 GMT)
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Or, actually, doorman…
+2
2 hrs
a flat for every Tom, Dick, and Harry
a flat for every Tom, Dick, and Harry
Peer comment(s):
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marwa_adam
: i guess this means لكل من هب ودب as indicated in the freedictionary "It's not a smart idea to admit every Tom, Dick, and Harry to the party"
4 mins
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Khidor
: I say it is a good one
2 days 15 hrs
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thanks Kidor
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yen_yang
3 days 34 mins
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thanks yen
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14 hrs
Morano El-Kholy
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Egypt
31 years of Experience. Available 24/7
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
Related KudoZ points
:
28
An agency with no porter
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17 hrs
Mohamed Hosni
Morocco
Morocco
Native in Arabic
Morocco
Native in: Arabic
Works in: Arabic to French, English to Arabic, French to Arabic, and 3 more.
Unsupervised place , or non monitored place.
Suggestion , hope it helps.
22 hrs
like any other place with unrestricted and uncontrolled access.
This is also another way to translate the source phrase.
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