Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
أكل الأخضر واليابس
English translation:
obliterated everything (of substance)/Devoured everything
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Hassan Al-Haifi (wordforword)
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Arabic term
أكل الأخضر واليابس
Arabic to English
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ولكن الآن هذا النظام بعد أربعة وعشرين سنة أكل الأخضر واليابس
I am looking for an English idiom that would serve the meaning. thanks.
I am looking for an English idiom that would serve the meaning. thanks.
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Hassan Al-Haifi (wordforword)
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obliterated everything (of substance)/Devoured everything
See second link for second meaning which has the following meaning:
2 : to use up or destroy as if by eating <we are devouring the world's resources>
The dry and wet would entail: everything of substance
2 : to use up or destroy as if by eating <we are devouring the world's resources>
The dry and wet would entail: everything of substance
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Iman Khaireddine
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Arabic term (edited):
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wiped out
wiped out/devastated everything in its path
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Zeinab Asfour
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The world has enough for man's need but not for man's greed
Suggestion for a proverbial rendition
In this instance, it mean's that excessive greed has ruined the economy of the nation, has left it devastated. There is nothing left! They took everything!
The world has enough for man's need, but not for man's greed. Mahatma Ghandi ... African proverb - Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse ...
dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/webdocs/Sayings.html - 18k - Cached - Similar pages
In this instance, it mean's that excessive greed has ruined the economy of the nation, has left it devastated. There is nothing left! They took everything!
The world has enough for man's need, but not for man's greed. Mahatma Ghandi ... African proverb - Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse ...
dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/webdocs/Sayings.html - 18k - Cached - Similar pages
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