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الاسم على مسمى

English translation: rightly named

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Arabic term or phrase:الاسم على مسمى
English translation:rightly named
Entered by: jankopolo

12:46 Apr 8, 2009
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Arabic term or phrase: الاسم على مسمى
وهو بحر الرمال الخادع والاسم على مسمى
jankopolo
Local time: 15:02
rightly named
Explanation:
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Mohamed Ghazal
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 17:02
Grading comment
شكرا
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7rightly named
Mohamed Ghazal
5a fitting name
Abdelaziz El Sassy
5rightly/ justly called
Dina Abd El-Salam
5crooked as a dog's hind leg- your name is mud
nevine ibrahim


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
rightly named


Explanation:


Mohamed Ghazal
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 17:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
شكرا

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nadia Ayoub
6 mins
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agree  Noha Kamal, PhD.
8 mins
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agree  Nesrin: or "aptly named"
14 mins
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agree  Rasha El-Gabry: agree
1 hr
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agree  Shabbir Limbada
1 hr
  -> Thanks
agree  Mostafa MOUHIBE
4 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  Muman
9 hrs
  -> Thanks
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
a fitting name


Explanation:
A name whose meaning happens to suit the character of the person bearing it.

Abdelaziz El Sassy
Egypt
Local time: 15:02
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
rightly/ justly called


Explanation:
the name truly indicates the essence of the thing it designates

Dina Abd El-Salam
Egypt
Local time: 15:02
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 11
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23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
crooked as a dog's hind leg- your name is mud


Explanation:
crooked as a dog'd hind leg means cannot be trusted and is a well known English idiom.
Your name is mud is another idiom that means that the person had previous cheating incidenents and should not be trusted

nevine ibrahim
United States
Local time: 09:02
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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