Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
went out on a limb
Arabic translation:
لم يألوا جهداً
Added to glossary by
Iman Khaireddine
Jul 1, 2005 13:48
19 yrs ago
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English term
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went out on a limb
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Linguistics
Does your celebrity help or hinder the process of doing what you do?
Sometimes it helps. When I was doing the Kurt Cobain film [Kurt & Courtney, 1998], several people had seen the first Aileen Wuornos film [The Selling of a Serial Killer, 1992] and really liked it, so they went out on a limb to help me. Though it works the other way, too. I don't think I would be the first choice to do a film about the military for example.
Sometimes it helps. When I was doing the Kurt Cobain film [Kurt & Courtney, 1998], several people had seen the first Aileen Wuornos film [The Selling of a Serial Killer, 1992] and really liked it, so they went out on a limb to help me. Though it works the other way, too. I don't think I would be the first choice to do a film about the military for example.
Proposed translations
(Arabic)
| 5 +5 | لم يألوا جهداً |
Iman Khaireddine
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| 3 +3 | بذلوا وسعهم |
Nesrin
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| 3 +2 | تكبدوا الكثير من العناء |
Ziad Marzouka
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| 4 | جعل نفسه في ورطة |
Hassan Al-Haifi (wordforword)
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| 1 +1 | لم يدخروا وسعاً |
Shazly
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Proposed translations
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1 hr
Iman Khaireddine
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
Connecting Cultures
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, French to Arabic, Arabic to English, and 1 more.
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لم يألوا جهداً
لم يألوا جهداً في مساعدتي أو في تقديم يد العون
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Note added at 1 hr 18 mins (2005-07-01 15:07:04 GMT)
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Or also بذلوا قصارى جهدهم
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Note added at 1 hr 18 mins (2005-07-01 15:07:04 GMT)
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Or also بذلوا قصارى جهدهم
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Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement."
+2
9 mins
Ziad Marzouka
Switzerland
Switzerland
Native in Arabic
Works in field
Switzerland
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Native in: Arabic (Variant: Jordanian)
Works in: English to Arabic, Italian to Arabic, Arabic to English
تكبدوا الكثير من العناء
Idiom:
(out) on a limb Informal
In a difficult, awkward, or vulnerable position.
(out) on a limb Informal
In a difficult, awkward, or vulnerable position.
Peer comment(s):
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Saleh Ayyub
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Thanks Saleh
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Randa Farhat
: تكبدوا العناء حتى يساعدوني
1 day 23 hrs
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10 mins
بذلوا وسعهم
The expression means "Take a risk to support someone or something" (http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/158600.html), so you could translate it as عرضوا أنفسهم للخطر في سبيل مساعدتي.
But in this particular context I would just say, بذلوا وسعهم as I don't think there was any actual danger involved.
But in this particular context I would just say, بذلوا وسعهم as I don't think there was any actual danger involved.
Peer comment(s):
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Saleh Ayyub
: Think it should read: بذلوا ما بوسعهم is that right Nesrin
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Thanks Saleh - I just double-checked: بذل وسعه does exist (hundreds of search results for بذل/ يبذل/بذلوا وسعه/وسعهم etc. It's also mentioned in Wehr under بذل.
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Iman Khaireddine
: Both expressions are right, but I usually use بذل ما بوسعه as Saleh has just pointed out. I agree anyway :-)
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castalia
: بذلوا ما بوسعهم
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12 mins
لم يدخروا وسعاً
بذلوا أقصى ما في وسعهم
9 hrs
Hassan Al-Haifi (wordforword)
Native in Arabic
proven quality translation work
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Standard-Arabian (MSA), Yemeni)
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic
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جعل نفسه في ورطة
On the link below, it translated the term as being in a position that is either dangerous or there is no backing off from or something to that effect.
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