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    15+ Lebanese Sayings That Make Absolutely No Sense In English

    By 961 StaffJanuary 8, 2017Updated:July 6, 2020
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    We often say things in Lebanon without actually paying attention or thinking about their meaning.

    Many Lebanese sayings not only make no sense at all but they often also sound funnier when directly translated into English.

    You will eat a slap

    Ra7 tekol kaf

    Bury me (the common endearment!)

    To2borne

    May your butt bury me (also an endearment!)

    Yo2borne tizak

    To my foot

    La 2ijreh

    To my butt

    La tize

    I don’t have eye

    Ma 2ile 3en

    Wrecked be your house!

    Yikhroub beitak

    Your blood is heavy

    Dammak t2il

    Be ashamed of your blood

    Estehhi a3 dammak

    Go tile the sea

    Rou7 ballit l ba7er

    Without taste (nothing to do with food)

    Bala ta3me

    Burn your religion

    Yi7ro2 deenak

    Don’t hit her in the eye

    Mat seeba bil 3en

    What is there, that there is not?

    Shou fi ma fi?

    Your spit be wrecked

    Yekhrob ebzou’ak

    Go sweep the desert

    Rou7 kannis l sa7ra

    Cracking jaw

    Ta2 7anak

    Elongate your patience

    Tawel belak

    Blindness in your heart

    l3ama bi 2albak

    And basically every Lebanese cussing and swear word translated in English (or any language, really), which would be too long and inappropriate to write here.

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