Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
زيد وعبيد
English translation:
Tom, Dick and Harry
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Ludina Sallam
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Arabic term
United States
careful conveyance of the meaning
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Arabic to English
زيد وعبيد
Arabic to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
ٍFolk stories
These are not just two ordinary names, they are characters in a folk story, and this expression is often used in Arabic and has some meaning. What is this meaning in Arabic? How should one translate this into English? I know that English speakers will not be familiar with these names.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +4 | Tom, Dick and Harry |
Lotfi Abdolhaleem
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| 4 | So and So |
Abdul Quddous Fathi
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Proposed translations
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Lotfi Abdolhaleem
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Works in field
Egypt
Perfection? An inherent nature of mine!
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Standard-Arabian (MSA))
Works in: Arabic, English to Arabic, Arabic to English
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Arabic term (edited):
زيد وعبيد = فلان وعلان
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Tom, Dick and Harry
anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
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Note added at 30 mins (2023-04-18 17:39:55 GMT)
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Example sentence:
This was not information for every Tom, Dick, and Harry to have access to;
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Abdul Quddous Fathi
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Egypt
Translation art, at its best!
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Sudanese, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Moroccan, Yemeni, Saudi , UAE, Algerian, Jordanian, Syrian, Libyan, Kuwaiti, Egyptian, Lebanese, Palestinian, Iraqi)
Works in: Arabic, English to Arabic, Arabic to English, and 4 more.
So and So
Zaid and Ebaid refer to any anonymous random people so I think so and so in English is a good equivalent.
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