Glossary entry

عربي term or phrase:

لضربت رأسي

أنجليزي translation:

I would have killed myself...

Added to glossary by Andrew Cavell
Oct 11, 2011 08:02
12 yrs ago
عربي term

لضربت رأسي

عربي إلى أنجليزي أخرى أخرى
From a trial of an al-Qaeda sympathiser is Saudi, he says this:
«لو كنت يائساً من الحياة، لضربت رأسي في السجن أو أمامكم الآن».

I know it literally means "I would strike my head", but does it mean something else, e.g. "kill myself" or "shoot myself"?

Thank you!

Discussion

Zeinab Asfour Oct 11, 2011:
Since he said: "If I was fed up of life", this means, as a consequence he would take his life away...

Proposed translations

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I would have killed myself...

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I would have ended my life.

I would have ended my life in jail!
Peer comment(s):

agree Sayed Zakaria : I think this is more accurate.
10 ساعات
Thanks a lot, Sayed.
agree Eid Ibrahim
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Thanks a lot, Eid.
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I could have beheaded myself

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