انگار از دماغ فیل افتاده

English translation: Think one is God\'s gift to mankind

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Persian (Farsi) term or phrase:	انگار از دماغ فیل افتاده
English translation:	Think one is God\'s gift to mankind
Entered by:	SeiTT

09:10 Jul 20, 2011

Persian (Farsi) to English translations [PRO]
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Persian (Farsi) term or phrase: انگار از دماغ فیل افتاده

Greetings,

Please, what does انگار از دماغ فیل افتاده mean?

I'd rather find out the most usual meaning and add it to my dictionary, which is why I've refrained from giving context – you might like to try looking up the expression using your favourite search engines. I do hope that's okay and doesn't cause inconvenience.

Best wishes, and many thanks,

Simon

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Think one is God's gift to mankind

Explanation:
Think one is God's gift to mankind

انگار از دماغ فيل افتاده

I don't know why Melissa shows off that much; she thinks she is a God's gift to miankind

نميدونم چرا مليسا اينقدر پز ميده فكر ميكنه از دماغ فيل افتاده

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Farzad Akmali

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Many thanks - right on the spot once again.
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5 +2

Think one is God's gift to mankind

Farzad Akmali

5 +1

haughty/ disdainful

Mojtaba Danesh

(one looks) as if one owns the world, one is stuck up

Ahmad Kabiri

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peer agreement (net): +2

Think one is God's gift to mankind

Farzad Akmali
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 32

Grading comment

Many thanks - right on the spot once again.

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

haughty/ disdainful

Explanation:
Actually it means "unfriendly and seeming to consider yourself better than other people"

Reference: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/haughty?q...

Mojtaba Danesh
Iran
Local time: 01:55
Native speaker of:

Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 11

6 hrs confidence:

(one looks) as if one owns the world, one is stuck up

Explanation:
She thinks she owns the world!
She looks as if she owns the world!

If the word انگار is omitted, there will be a nice equivalent for someone who از دماغ فیل افتاده. We can say "she's stuck up".

If you say that someone is stuck-up, you mean that are very proud and unfriendly because they think they are very important. (Collins Cobuild Dictionary).

And do not forget that the Persian expression is informal, so we should try to maintain the style in our translation.

Ahmad Kabiri
Iran
Local time: 01:55
Native speaker of:

Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 16

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