A Dictionary of Idiomatic Expressions in Written Arabic

A Dictionary of Idiomatic Expressions in Written ArabicHow would you ever know that to lose a baby ostrich means to rush into something without thinking? Or that what can the wind take from the pavement? is said when someone has nothing left to lose? This comprehensive guide to idiomatic expressions in literary Arabic, the first of its kind, will inform, amuse, and entertain, through more than 8500 entries found in texts from the Quran to todays newspapers. With explanations in Arabic and English, it is

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