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لديهم قدرة على تحويل فسيخ الحزب الى شربات
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لديهم قدرة على تحويل فسيخ الحزب الى شربات
The text talks about people in a political party who are conniving and dishonest.
I am seeking both the literal and the figurative meanings of the above phrase.
The text talks about people in a political party who are conniving and dishonest.
I am seeking both the literal and the figurative meanings of the above phrase.
Proposed translations
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They have the ability to getmake blood out the stony party
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They have the ability to make blood out the stony party
or
They have the ability to get blood out the stony party
They are ... capable of .. able to
http://ara.proz.com/kudoz/arabic_to_english/insurance/359354...
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Or simply:
They are able to change\ alert miserable facts of their party
or
They have the ability to get blood out the stony party
They are ... capable of .. able to
http://ara.proz.com/kudoz/arabic_to_english/insurance/359354...
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Note added at 1 ساعة (2012-04-29 15:48:58 GMT)
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Sorry for typo (get\make)
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Note added at 1 ساعة (2012-04-29 15:53:43 GMT)
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Or simply:
They are able to change\ alert miserable facts of their party
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Keep up appearances
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Keep up appearances
pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression; "they try to keep up appearances"; "that ceremony is just for show"
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Keeping Up Appearances
keep up appearances, meaning "to maintain a good front, make things look good even if they're not," as in She was devastated by his bad prognosis but is trying hard to keep up appearances for their children. [Mid-1700s]
http://dictionary.reference.com/idioms/keep up
It may be slightly close to the intended meaning
HTH
pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression; "they try to keep up appearances"; "that ceremony is just for show"
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Keeping Up Appearances
keep up appearances, meaning "to maintain a good front, make things look good even if they're not," as in She was devastated by his bad prognosis but is trying hard to keep up appearances for their children. [Mid-1700s]
http://dictionary.reference.com/idioms/keep up
It may be slightly close to the intended meaning
HTH
3 days 3 hrs
... they are able of transforming a `party scission`into a mere drink of water..
Declined
Basically their attitude towards a `party scission`is so futile as they were having a drink of water...
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