تحميل جميلة

English translation: holding a favor over (someone)

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Arabic term or phrase:تحميل جميلة
English translation:holding a favor over (someone)
Entered by: Ludina Sallam

21:01 Dec 31, 2018
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics / التمنن
Arabic term or phrase: تحميل جميلة
يحدث هذا الموقف عندما يقوم الطرف الاول بالاستمرار بتذكير الطرف التاني بأنه ساعده

مثال: تتذكر لما سويتلك كذا وكذا

مثال اخر: الاية الكريمة (( يمنون عليك ان اسلموا قل لا تمنوا علي اسلامكم
tuffahaahmad
Jordan
holding a favor over (someone)
Explanation:
This is a common way in English of expressing the two examples you gave. I am not sure whether this is the accurate translation of your original Arabic phrase.
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Ludina Sallam
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3holding a favor over (someone)
Ludina Sallam
4Oblige or do someone a favor
Mohammed Abdelhady (X)
4by courtesy of
Nader Hassan
3 +1guilt-tripping
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Oblige or do someone a favor


Explanation:
ويمكن ترجمة التمنن بالآتي
remind someone of a favor
e.g./ He always reminds me of/about his favors.
دائمًا يتمنن علي بأفضاله

Example sentence(s):
  • I am exceedingly obliged to you for your co-operation.
  • أنا مدين لك بالجميل بشدة لتعاونك معي
Mohammed Abdelhady (X)
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by courtesy of


Explanation:
by courtesy of: بفضلي

Ex: You got this job by courtesy of me.

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/courtesy of me
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/courtesy...

Nader Hassan
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
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guilt-tripping


Explanation:
I think it really depends on the context. In an informal context, we might say that such-and-such person is "guilt-tripping" us.

A: I did all these things for you and now you want to go do X.
B. Stop guilt-tripping me. I never asked you to do anything for me in the first place.

Sometimes we might say that such-and-such person "can't let things go," or that he "throws things in our face" to make us feel guilty.

If you're seeking more information about the verse of the Quran you mentioned above, this page contains some possibilities:

http://corpus.quran.com/translation.jsp?chapter=49&verse=17

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Note added at 13 hrs (2019-01-01 10:24:07 GMT)
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Another (more formal) possibility: To make one feel beholden to him/her

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Note added at 13 hrs (2019-01-01 10:25:03 GMT)
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Example: I don't like feeling beholden to anyone.

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Jordan
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ludina Sallam: Generally "guilt-tripping" is the right idea, but it might go a bit far to bring in "guilt." I agree more with "to make someone feel beholden to someone else"; although this is formal, it is probably closer in meaning.
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, was mostly brainstorming or "thinking out loud," but I think you offered a much better answer below.
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
holding a favor over (someone)


Explanation:
This is a common way in English of expressing the two examples you gave. I am not sure whether this is the accurate translation of your original Arabic phrase.

Ludina Sallam
United States
Local time: 13:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Arabic & More: This is a good one...Holding something over someone's head.
58 mins

agree  Morano El-Kholy
3 hrs

agree  Doaa Elrefy
9 hrs
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