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أحب/ عشق حتى الثمالة

English translation: head over heels in love with/madly in love with/passionately in love with

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Arabic term or phrase:أحب/ عشق حتى الثمالة
English translation:head over heels in love with/madly in love with/passionately in love with
Entered by: Noha Kamal, PhD.

17:47 Dec 17, 2008
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Arabic term or phrase: أحب/ عشق حتى الثمالة
لان الانسان يعشق حتى الثمالة الفريق الذى يشجعه
ورغم أنه لم يتزوج إلا أنه أحب حتى الثمالة، ليس مرة واحدة بل وقع في الحب ثلاث مرات
jankopolo
Local time: 10:54
head over heels in love with/madly in love with/passionately in love with
Explanation:
The list is endless :))
Selected response from:

Noha Kamal, PhD.
Local time: 10:54
Grading comment
شكرا جزيلا
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +4head over heels in love with/madly in love with/passionately in love with
Noha Kamal, PhD.
5 +1to love to bits
moh2ai
5intoxicated by love
Nadia Ayoub
5he drowned in love
zax
4he loved to death
Tarik Boussetta
4he loved fondly
Mostafa MOUHIBE


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
head over heels in love with/madly in love with/passionately in love with


Explanation:
The list is endless :))

Noha Kamal, PhD.
Local time: 10:54
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 68
Grading comment
شكرا جزيلا

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nadia Ayoub
1 hr
agree  Ghada Samir
1 hr
agree  Saleh Dardeer
6 hrs
agree  Sajjad Hamadani
1 day 11 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
he loved to death


Explanation:
he loved to death

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Note added at 11 mins (2008-12-17 17:58:53 GMT)
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love someone to death

to feel extremely strong affection for someone. She is easy to work with, and everyone in the office loves her to death.
Related vocabulary: dote on someone/something
See also: death


Tarik Boussetta
Local time: 09:54
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 7
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
he loved fondly


Explanation:
he loved fondly

Mostafa MOUHIBE
Morocco
Local time: 09:54
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 6
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
to love to bits


Explanation:
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moh2ai
Yemen
Local time: 11:54
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rafed Khashan: This is the best! Congrats
9 hrs
  -> Thank you Rafed!
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
intoxicated by love


Explanation:
If you want something more literal.
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz...

Example sentence(s):
  • The person who is intoxicated by love is like a boneless person, melted down, but still he wants to experience more and more love. ...
  • I am talking about the notion that a man and a woman who are intoxicated by love for each other decide to commit to a lifelong relationship, ...
Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 10:54
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 106
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
he drowned in love


Explanation:
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zax
Local time: 04:54
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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