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صاحب الكيف / صاحب المزاج

English translation: druggie / pothead

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Arabic term or phrase:صاحب الكيف / صاحب المزاج
English translation:druggie / pothead
Entered by: Arabic & More

14:35 May 27, 2012
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Social Sciences - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Arabic term or phrase: صاحب الكيف / صاحب المزاج
بعد ما طلعت علينا علياء المهدى وصديقها
الآن جاء دور بنت صاحب الكيف نوارة نجم لكى تطاول على الشعب المصرى
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Druggie
Explanation:
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Note added at 36 mins (2012-05-27 15:11:29 GMT)
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Or maybe pothead will do. He may not be junkie!
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Abdallah Ali
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:52
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5 +5Druggie
Abdallah Ali
4daughter of an Addictive Personality man
Sameh Elnokaly


  

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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
daughter of an Addictive Personality man


Explanation:
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Sameh Elnokaly
Egypt
Local time: 08:52
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Druggie


Explanation:
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Note added at 36 mins (2012-05-27 15:11:29 GMT)
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Or maybe pothead will do. He may not be junkie!

Abdallah Ali
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:52
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sameh Elnokaly
4 mins
agree  Ahmed Badawy: Fine
5 mins
agree  Linda Al-Bairmani
2 hrs
agree  Tamer Mekhimar
5 hrs
agree  Firas Allouzi: I think "pothead" is closer to the meaning, and I won't go as far as "junkie"!
5 hrs
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