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ملاعين الدنيا

English translation: pitiful/miserable/unblessed/unhappy/luckless

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Arabic term or phrase: ملاعين الدنيا
English translation:pitiful/miserable/unblessed/unhappy/luckless
Entered by: Mohamed Rehan

21:21 Feb 18, 2014
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Arabic term or phrase: ملاعين الدنيا
"انه شحّاذ من ملاعين الدنيا"
A quote from a short story talked about a little poor boy.
MariamAlMutairi
pitiful/miserable/unblessed/unhappy/luckless
Explanation:
pitiful/miserable/unblessed/unhappy/luckless
Selected response from:

Mohamed Rehan
Local time: 00:02
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3Wretched/cursed
Fida Malki (X)
4 +2pitiful/miserable/unblessed/unhappy/luckless
Mohamed Rehan
4one of the cursed.
KHALDUN ALQAYSI
4damned people of the earth
Marwa Shehata
4Scum of the Earth
Zeinab Alayan (X)


  

Answers


16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Wretched/cursed


Explanation:
He is a wretched soul or a cursed person

Fida Malki (X)
Local time: 01:02
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Awad Balaish
8 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  sabbar: the wretched/cursed of the world
6 days
  -> Thank you!
agree  Faisal Alzawaideh (X)
15 days
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
pitiful/miserable/unblessed/unhappy/luckless


Explanation:
pitiful/miserable/unblessed/unhappy/luckless

Mohamed Rehan
Local time: 00:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mohamed Zidan
5 hrs
  -> Thank you Mohamed.
agree  Saleh Dardeer
1 day 6 hrs
  -> Many thanks Saleh.
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
one of the cursed.


Explanation:
Because he is one of other people who are cursed.

KHALDUN ALQAYSI
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 02:02
Native speaker of: Arabic
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
damned people of the earth


Explanation:
damned people of the earth

Marwa Shehata
Egypt
Local time: 00:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4
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23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Scum of the Earth


Explanation:
"Scum" is by definition worse than dirt, something not even worth stepping onto. You could perhaps translate the phrase as:

"He was scum of the earth, a wretched beggar."

In case of a short story you can afford to be creative with your expressions. :)

Zeinab Alayan (X)
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 02:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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