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أطار الشرر

English translation: A thundering slap

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Arabic term or phrase:أطار الشرر
English translation:A thundering slap
Entered by: forevergrateful

10:21 Feb 19, 2014
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Novels
Arabic term or phrase: أطار الشرر
ما كان بيد الطبيب المسكين ـ الذي فقد صوابه ـ من حيلةٍ إلا أن صفع المريض كفاً أطار الشرر من بين عينيه
forevergrateful
A thundering slap
Explanation:
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A.K Janjelo
Lebanon
Grading comment
Thanks for the helpful suggestion!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +1strongly frightened and traumatized him
Awad Balaish
4 +1A thundering slap
A.K Janjelo
4 +1knocked sense into him
Zeinab Alayan (X)
4 +1made the sparks fly
Fahim Hoosen
5that brought him to his senses
sabbar


  

Answers


17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
A thundering slap


Explanation:
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A.K Janjelo
Lebanon
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thanks for the helpful suggestion!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ghassan al-Alem: the doctor could but give him a thundering slap..yes!
24 mins
  -> شكراً غسان
disagree  Awad Balaish: What you have suggested is a description of the blow, not its impact and the patient reaction.
8 hrs
agree  Saleh Dardeer: for sure, YES
16 hrs
  -> شكراً صالح
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
strongly frightened and traumatized him


Explanation:
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Awad Balaish
Saudi Arabia
Local time: 14:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 22

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lamis Maalouf: نعم أظن أن الوصف هو لما حدث عند المريض، لست متأكدة من وجود مرادف بديل ولكن هذا جيد
1 hr
  -> thank you Lamis
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
knocked sense into him


Explanation:
I can't be too sure of this because you didn't say what the patient was doing, but I would say...

He gave him a slap that knocked sense back into him

or

... a slap so hard it knocked sense back into him.

Zeinab Alayan (X)
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 15:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  A.K Janjelo: جملتك جميلة لكن الكاتب ركّز على الصفعة لا على تأثيرها
4 days
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
made the sparks fly


Explanation:
Its a mode of expression as per the links below


    Reference: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/sparks+fly
    Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/make+the+sparks+fly
Fahim Hoosen
South Africa
Local time: 13:22
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lotfi Abdolhaleem: made the patient's sparks fly
14 days
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6 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
that brought him to his senses


Explanation:
a thundering slap that brought him to his senses.

sabbar
Australia
Local time: 21:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4
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