اهل کاری/چیزی بودن

English translation: to be into something / to be interested in something / to be man of something

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Persian (Farsi) term or phrase:اهل کاری/چیزی بودن
English translation:to be into something / to be interested in something / to be man of something
Entered by: majidsh

18:06 Nov 22, 2012
Persian (Farsi) to English translations [PRO]
Religion
Persian (Farsi) term or phrase: اهل کاری/چیزی بودن
اهل حدیث اهل برهان و استدلال نبودند
majidsh
to be into something / to be interested in something / to be man of something
Explanation:
generally اهل چیزی بودن can be translated as to be into something. But in this context, I think you'd better use "of". for example اهل ایمان which can be rendered as "men of faith".
You could say for example, men of Haidth (or whatever equivalent you wish to use) were not into reasoning and argumentation / or were not men of reasoning and argumentation.
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Neda Namvar Kohan
Iran
Local time: 02:43
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4to be into something / to be interested in something / to be man of something
Neda Namvar Kohan
5to be a dab hand at (doing) something
Alireza Amini
5to get into sth
Hojat Borumandi
4(not) to be open to
Mohammad Ali Moinfar (X)


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
to be into something / to be interested in something / to be man of something


Explanation:
generally اهل چیزی بودن can be translated as to be into something. But in this context, I think you'd better use "of". for example اهل ایمان which can be rendered as "men of faith".
You could say for example, men of Haidth (or whatever equivalent you wish to use) were not into reasoning and argumentation / or were not men of reasoning and argumentation.

Neda Namvar Kohan
Iran
Local time: 02:43
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Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 14
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!

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agree  Younes Mostafaei
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
to be a dab hand at (doing) something


Explanation:
to be a dab hand at (doing) something
this is the idiom however for the context you provided you can simply say not be familiar with

Alireza Amini
Türkiye
Local time: 02:13
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
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to get into sth


Explanation:
to get into sth

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Note added at 8 mins (2012-11-22 18:14:50 GMT)
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to get into sth: to become interested in an activity or subject, or start being involved in an activity
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/get-into-...

Hojat Borumandi
Iran
Local time: 02:43
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi), Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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(not) to be open to


Explanation:
For instance, they were not open to reasoning ...

Mohammad Ali Moinfar (X)
Iran
Local time: 02:43
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 12
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