Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
فوت الدنيا ببعضها
English translation:
messed things up / made a mess of things
Added to glossary by
Mowafak Mohamed
Mar 8, 2023 12:30
1 yr ago
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Arabic term
United Kingdom
Spanish and Arabic into English, MA
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK)
Works in: Spanish to English, Arabic to English
فوت الدنيا ببعضها
Arabic to English
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Hi all,
I'm wondering if you can help me to understand this expression and translate it into US English. It appears in a few isolated sentences in a project I am working on:
- لقد تحدث في كثير من الأمور وفوت الدنيا ببعضها.
- صار يتلعثم في الحديث وفوت الدنيا ببعضها.
- تحدثت إلى مديرها عن مشاكل الأقسام وفوتت الدنيا ببعضها.
- ظل يسرد أحداثًا من الماضي والحاضر دون ترتيب وفوت الدنيا ببعضها.
Many thanks in advance!
I'm wondering if you can help me to understand this expression and translate it into US English. It appears in a few isolated sentences in a project I am working on:
- لقد تحدث في كثير من الأمور وفوت الدنيا ببعضها.
- صار يتلعثم في الحديث وفوت الدنيا ببعضها.
- تحدثت إلى مديرها عن مشاكل الأقسام وفوتت الدنيا ببعضها.
- ظل يسرد أحداثًا من الماضي والحاضر دون ترتيب وفوت الدنيا ببعضها.
Many thanks in advance!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | messed things up / made a mess of things |
Mowafak Mohamed
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| 4 | Flight of ideas |
Inas Albaba
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Mar 17, 2023 12:56: Mowafak Mohamed Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Mowafak Mohamed
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Egypt
Thinking. Translating. Captivating.
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Standard-Arabian (MSA), Saudi , Egyptian, UAE, Jordanian, Yemeni, Kuwaiti) 
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic
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messed things up / made a mess of things
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Inas Albaba
Jordan
Jordan
Native in Arabic
Jordan
En-Ar translation & transcreation
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Palestinian, UAE, Yemeni, Kuwaiti, Jordanian, Syrian, Iraqi, Egyptian, Saudi , Standard-Arabian (MSA), Sudanese, Lebanese) 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic, and 1 more.
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Flight of ideas
When someone rapidly shifts between conversation, jumping from one topic to another.
Let’s say he started talking about weather then policy then cars, but never complete a topic. So you can’t follow up his idea or get anything out of his conversation.
Let’s say he started talking about weather then policy then cars, but never complete a topic. So you can’t follow up his idea or get anything out of his conversation.
Reference:
https://www.calendar-canada.ca/faq/what-is-it-called-when-someone-jumps-from-topic-to-topic
Note from asker:
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