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iron nerves / nerves of steel

Arabic translation: رابط الجأش

12:47 Feb 24, 2020
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / idiomatic, expression
English term or phrase: iron nerves / nerves of steel
كيف تترجم
iron nerves
في العبارة التالية

They tried to make him retreat, but he had iron nerves/ nerves of steel.

وهل يترجم التعبي حرفيا بـ "أعصاب من حديد/فولاذ
أم هناك مقابل أحسن في اللغة العربية
Roycee (X)
Local time: 05:43
Arabic translation:رابط الجأش
Explanation:
أعصاب من حديد مصطلح شائع أقرب للعامية والأصح في سياق الترجمة الأدبية استخدام معنى فصيح مثل رابط الجأش
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Amr Hemdan
Egypt
Local time: 06:43
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4رابط الجأش
Amr Hemdan
5 +1أعصاب فولاذية/ أعصاب حديدية/ كجبل راسخ/ كجبل صامد
Ramadan Ibrahim
5أعصاب من حديد
Hassan Achahbar
5حليم و قوى الارادة
adel almergawy


  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
أعصاب من حديد


Explanation:
نعم أعصاب من حديدة تعبير مناسب وشائع

https://www.alarabiya.net/ar/sport/views/2018/05/13/أعصاب-من...

Hassan Achahbar
Morocco
Local time: 05:43
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 20
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
رابط الجأش


Explanation:
أعصاب من حديد مصطلح شائع أقرب للعامية والأصح في سياق الترجمة الأدبية استخدام معنى فصيح مثل رابط الجأش

Amr Hemdan
Egypt
Local time: 06:43
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ramadan Ibrahim
47 mins
agree  Mai Saleh
1 hr
agree  S.J
12 hrs
agree  Yasser Naguib
2 days 4 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
أعصاب فولاذية/ أعصاب حديدية/ كجبل راسخ/ كجبل صامد


Explanation:
As per the context the iron nerves / nerves of steel means: stability/ constancy, the most used rhetorical device in Arabic is: mountain's stability as it is in mentioned in the Holy Qur'an بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم: وَجَعَلْنَا فِي الْأَرْضِ رَوَاسِيَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِهِمْ، صدق الله العظيم
unshakable mountains


Example sentence(s):
  • Driven by the unshakable faith the Earth is ours.
  • انطلاقاً مِنْ إيمان لا يتزعزع بأنّ الأرض لنا؟

    Reference: http://https://islamqa.info/ar/answers/223428/%D8%AE%D9%84%D...
    Reference: http://https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unshakable
Ramadan Ibrahim
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 08:43
Native speaker of: Arabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  adel almergawy
23 mins
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
حليم و قوى الارادة


Explanation:
حليم و صلب

Example sentence(s):
  • حليم ومتماسك
adel almergawy
Egypt
Local time: 06:43
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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