spinning my wheels
Arabic translation: أبذل جهدًا بلا طائل / أنفخ في قربة مقطوعة
| 11:14 Apr 10, 2010 |
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|  Selected response from: Muhammad Atallah Egypt Local time: 03:34 | ||||||
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| 4 +4 | أبذل جهدًا بلا طائل / أنفخ في قربة مقطوعة |
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| 5 | أدور حول نفسي |
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| 5 | أبذل قصاري جهدي دون طائل |
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| 4 | جهدي يذهب هباءً منثورا |
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9 mins confidence: 
أدور حول نفسي Explanation: طبعا ليست ترجمة حرفية لكن هذا هو المعنى "means "trying but not getting anywhere" Comes from when a car gets stuck in mud and when you try to drive out of it, the wheels just spin and can't get any traction and you don't go anywhere, you just sit there "spinning your wheels."" Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://www.10-ramadan.com/VB/showthread.php/1982-%28-1%29?p=... Reference: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080219123510AA... |
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14 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +4
peer agreement (net): +4أبذل جهدًا بلا طائل / أنفخ في قربة مقطوعة Explanation: to spin one's wheels: (idiomatic) To make no progress despite making an effort; to get nowhere. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spin_one%27s_wheels Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/spin+%28one%27s%29+wheels |
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