Today's English Idiom

[نور الجليل نور الدائم]

1
"darken somebody's door"

Meaning:
"to be an unwanted guest at somebody's house"
2


"in the nick of time"

Meaning:
"just in time (e.g. about getting to the railway station)"
3
"put the last nail to one's own coffin"

Meaning:
"to make a move which is the last straw in one's own ruin"

[نور الجليل نور الدائم]

1
"seal somebody's fate"

Meaning:
"to determine what will happen to somebody"


2
"preach to the winds"

Meaning:
"to speak without attracting anybody's attention"
3


"find common ground"

Meaning:
"to find a common platform for a discussion (about opposing parties)"

[نور الجليل نور الدائم]

1


"after dinner mustard"

Meaning:
"a thing that is valuable but comes too late"

2


"high days and holidays"

Meaning:
"only for special occasions (about doing something, e.g. washing one's neck)"

3


"seeing is believing"

Meaning:
"if I see it, I will believe it"

[عمر ابوقرون]

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مشكـوـوـوـوـور ع المشاركــة الرائعـــه .. ‎تقبـل مـــروري سلمـت يمنـاك ، دمــت بخيــــــر

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[نور الجليل نور الدائم]

1
"fade into insignificance"

Meaning:
"to seem completely unimportant when comparing with something else"
2


"December and May"

Meaning:
"an old husomebodyand and young wife"

3

"love in a cottage"

Meaning:
"a love between people who have no money to sustain their material existence"

[نور الجليل نور الدائم]

1


"It is getting hot"

Meaning:
"The situation is becoming dangerously difficult

2


"Loose lips sink ships."

Meaning:
"milit: id: At war, safety is more important than openness."

3"it does not convey a thing to me"

Meaning:
"it reminds me of nothing (i.e. I do not remember it)"

[ابراهيم حمدي]

Long time no hear

means

I haven't heard from you in a long time