يأخذ بيد

English translation: Lends a hand

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Arabic term or phrase:يأخذ بيد
English translation:Lends a hand
Entered by: Dina Ali

21:09 Dec 27, 2023
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Arabic term or phrase: يأخذ بيد
Is there an equivalent figure of speech in English to this term?
نعمل على الأخذ بيد الشركات الصغيرة والمتوسطة ونوفر لهم الدعم المالي
Dina Ali
Egypt
Local time: 15:09
Lends a hand
Explanation:
lend a hand
idiom
: to provide help
I'll be happy to lend a hand.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lend a hand
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Yassine El Bouknify
Morocco
Local time: 13:09
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2Lends a hand
Yassine El Bouknify
5give a hand to
Ayman Massoud
5To take (someone) by the hand
Ezz Eldeen Mohammad


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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Lends a hand


Explanation:
lend a hand
idiom
: to provide help
I'll be happy to lend a hand.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lend a hand

Yassine El Bouknify
Morocco
Local time: 13:09
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
give a hand to


Explanation:
The irony here is that the English (give) and the Arabic (يأخذ) are opposites.

Ayman Massoud
Egypt
Local time: 15:09
Native speaker of: Arabic
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
To take (someone) by the hand


Explanation:
This is a common figure of speech in english, one example that I happened to just stumble upon is the song "Riders on the Storm" by The Doors, which had the lyric "Take him by the hand
Make him understand"

Hope this helps. :)


    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20the%20hand#:~:text=%3A%20by%20holding%20someone's%20hand,hand%20through%20every%20difficult%
Ezz Eldeen Mohammad
Egypt
Local time: 15:09
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
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