to leave / give someone so much as a penny

Arabic translation: مش هتشوف مني مليم أحمر

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English term or phrase: not to leave / give someone so much as a penny
Arabic translation:مش هتشوف مني مليم أحمر
Entered by: Neamaat Shehatah

07:30 Feb 16, 2008
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / to leave / give someone so much as a penny
English term or phrase: to leave / give someone so much as a penny
Sentence: As for Mary, I won't leave her so much as a penny
ubeydullah
Local time: 16:52
مش هتشوف مني مليم أحمر
Explanation:
This one is widely used in Egyptian spoken Arabic.
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Neamaat Shehatah
Egypt
Local time: 15:52
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4لن أترك لها ( أعطيها) قرشاً واحداَ
randam
5لن اترك لها نكلة
amky
5مش هتشوف مني مليم أحمر
Neamaat Shehatah


  

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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
لن أترك لها ( أعطيها) قرشاً واحداَ


Explanation:
It is widely used this way in writing.

randam
Local time: 15:52
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AhmedAMS
1 hr

agree  Mohsin Alabdali
2 hrs

agree  Alexander Yeltsov: لن اترك لها و لا فلسا
4 hrs

agree  Samya Salem (X)
6 hrs
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
لن اترك لها نكلة


Explanation:
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amky
Saudi Arabia
Local time: 16:52
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 19
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
مش هتشوف مني مليم أحمر


Explanation:
This one is widely used in Egyptian spoken Arabic.

Neamaat Shehatah
Egypt
Local time: 15:52
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 24
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