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اللي ما يعرف الصقر يشويه

English translation: He who does not know the falcon would grill it

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Arabic term or phrase:اللي ما يعرف الصقر يشويه
English translation:He who does not know the falcon would grill it
Entered by: Muhammad Atallah

14:14 Jan 27, 2010
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
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Arabic term or phrase: اللي ما يعرف الصقر يشويه
يقال هذا المثل للشخص الذي يفعل شيئاً لا يعرفه أو للشخص الذي يقوم بفعل شيء غريب في حرفة أو عمل لا يدري عنه شيئاً .
Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Local time: 04:20
He who does not know the falcon would grill it
Explanation:
It seems known in English as an Arabic proverb.
http://www.audioenglish.net/dictionary/corporeal.htm
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Lamis Maalouf
United States
Local time: 21:20
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2He who does not know the falcon would grill it
Lamis Maalouf
5He who does not know the value of the falcon will cook it like a chicken
Stephen Franke
4 +1don't cast/throw pearls before swine
sktrans
3Learn to walk before you run.
Kayed ABU-Zeid


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
He who does not know the falcon would grill it


Explanation:
It seems known in English as an Arabic proverb.
http://www.audioenglish.net/dictionary/corporeal.htm


    Reference: http://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Prov%C3%A9rbios_%C3%A1rabes
Lamis Maalouf
United States
Local time: 21:20
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ahmed Alami: correct :)
1 hr
agree  Anis Farhat: That's it.
6 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
He who does not know the value of the falcon will cook it like a chicken


Explanation:
Several Saudi respondents explained this popular expression to me under independent circumstances. A few of them also kindly offered the English equivalent expression as "haste makes waste."

Hope this helps.

Khair, in shaa' Alah.

Regards,

Stephen H. Franke
San Pedro, California
(al-Riyadh and al-Hofuf previously)

Stephen Franke
United States
Local time: 19:20
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 3
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Asker: Thank you!

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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
don't cast/throw pearls before swine


Explanation:
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Note added at 10 hrs (2010-01-28 00:56:10 GMT)
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This is not a litteral translation, but it equivalent in meaning:

If you cast pearls before swine, you offer something of value to someone who doesn't appreciate it- 'swine' are 'pigs'.


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Note added at 10 hrs (2010-01-28 01:00:19 GMT)
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Pearls before swine
Meaning

Items of quality offered to those who aren't cultured enough to appreciate them.

Origin

From the Bible, Matthew 7:6 (King James Version):

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet.


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Note added at 10 hrs (2010-01-28 01:01:04 GMT)
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If you are looking for an idiomatic expression not merely a translation of a sentence.

sktrans
Local time: 22:20
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maureen Millington-Brodie: the modern colloquial today is "like feeding strawberries to pigs"
5 hrs
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Learn to walk before you run.


Explanation:
Means don’t rush into doing something until you know how to do it.

Kayed ABU-Zeid
Jordan
Local time: 05:20
Native speaker of: Arabic
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