جبت عاليه في واطيه

English translation: I turned everything upside down

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Arabic term or phrase:جبت عاليه في واطيه
English translation:I turned everything upside down
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16:42 Jun 1, 2014
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Arabic term or phrase: جبت عاليه في واطيه
جبت عاليه في واطيه انتي واخذه بالك؟

Country: Egypt

A person says this after complaining (in detail) about a large amount of money that he feels was wasted by a relative. He has tried for a long time to convince the people involved that they made a mistake, but his complaints have not really made a difference in the situation.
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I turned everything upside down
Explanation:
The literal meaning for this term is "I turned everything upside down". This person wants to say that he made a big fuss about this matter.
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Olfat Abdullah
Egypt
Local time: 10:30
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4 +1I turned everything upside down
Olfat Abdullah


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I turned everything upside down


Explanation:
The literal meaning for this term is "I turned everything upside down". This person wants to say that he made a big fuss about this matter.

Olfat Abdullah
Egypt
Local time: 10:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks again for your help with this!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lamis Maalouf: Nice way to put it
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Lamis!
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