A Dictionary of Arabic Idioms
تاريخ النشر: 01/12/2009
الناشر: دار نلسن
نبذة الناشر:The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with a modest coverage of the common Arabic idiomatic phrases in use. The author has attempted to give as much information about the use of these idioms as possible. All the entries have been written in Arabic as well as ...Latin script in order to help foreign learners.
The expressions collected in this book are largely metaphorical. Most of them are fixed in form or invariable in a way that makes them different from literal expressions and the majority belong to informal spoken Arabic rather than formal written Arabic.
The metaphorical meaning of some idioms is easier to understand when historical back grounds have been found. إقرأ المزيد