بهم گفت

English translation: he let loose with everything he had

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Persian (Farsi) term or phrase:	هر چی از دهنش در اومد بهم گفت
English translation:	he let loose with everything he had
Entered by:	SeiTT

12:53 Dec 7, 2011

Persian (Farsi) to English translations [PRO]
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Persian (Farsi) term or phrase: بهم گفت

Greetings,

I may have this completely wrong, but does بهم گفت have an idiomatic meaning here?
جلوی بقیه هرچی از دهنش در آمد بهم گفت و حسابی سبکم کرد.

Best wishes, and many thanks,

Simon

SeiTT KudoZ activity Questions: 3738 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (9 closed without grading) Answers: 1 United Kingdom
Local time: 08:47

he let loose with everything he had

Explanation:
Your literal translation is correct...this is a more idiomatic way of saying the whole phrase.

We could also say:
He really laid into me.

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Note added at 15 hrs (2011-12-08 04:15:16 GMT)
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Also:
He let me have it up one side and down the other.

Selected response from:

Edward Plaisance Jr
Local time: 03:47

Grading comment

Many thanks, excellent.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +3

curse/ swear at

Reza Ebrahimi

5 +2

told me; cursed me, swore me a lot

Ahmad Kabiri

5 +2

he let loose with everything he had

Edward Plaisance Jr

he/she told me/said to me

Ebrahim Golavar

told me

Mahmood Haerian-Ardakani

called me names, insulted me

vahidzareei

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

2 mins confidence:

he/she told me/said to me

Explanation:
somehow here it means he/she curses me.

Ebrahim Golavar
Native speaker of: Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 52

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

told me; cursed me, swore me a lot

Explanation:
We can actually consider هر چی از دهنش در اومد بهم گفت as an idiomatix expression, which means "he cursed/swore me a lot.

a more formal option: to utter invectice

Ahmad Kabiri
Iran
Local time: 11:17
Native speaker of:

Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 60

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

curse/ swear at

Explanation:

Reza Ebrahimi
United States
Local time: 00:47
Native speaker of:

Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 83

28 mins confidence:

told me

Explanation:
told me

Mahmood Haerian-Ardakani
Canada
Local time: 03:47
Native speaker of:

Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 39

1 hr confidence:

called me names, insulted me

Explanation:
"هر چی از دهنش در اومد بهم گفت" means "he insulted me" or "he called me names"

vahidzareei
Iran
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Persian (Farsi)

15 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

he let loose with everything he had

Edward Plaisance Jr
Local time: 03:47
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 554

Grading comment

Many thanks, excellent.

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