Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

giant clam

Arabic translation:

عملاق صامت أو أخرس

Added to glossary by Amer al-Azem
Oct 14, 2003 08:44
20 yrs ago
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English term

giant clam

English to Arabic Social Sciences Government / Politics political commentary
Now Democrats want to prosecute the leakers of "Intimigate " as traitorous miscreants, while the White House wants Shallow Throat outed and ousted as a fink. The Kafka-esque danger: If plumbers are successful, the government will wake up as a giant clam.

clam= البطلينوس
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Nov 6, 2005 00:15: Fuad Yahya changed "Field" from "Other" to "Social Sciences" , "Field (specific)" from "Media / Multimedia" to "Government / Politics" , "Field (write-in)" from "Media" to "political commentary"

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أخرس عملاق

أو عملاق أخرس

To clam up means to shut up.

"If plumbers are successful, the government will wake up as a giant clam" means that if the efforts to stop the leaks are successful, the government will end up being a giant mute (or mute giant).



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Note added at 2003-10-14 17:25:20 (GMT)
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Other options:

عملاق صامت
عملاق مغلق الفم
عملاق محكم المنافذ
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مارد كتوم

كتوم من الحجم الكبير
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كناية

لا بد أنّ هناك كناية عن فضيحة التسريب التي عصفت بالحكومة وأرى الترجمة كالتالي:
ستنهض الحكومة كعملاق لن يلدغ من ذات الحجر مرة أخرى
كعملاق عالج المشكلة ولن يسمح بها مرة أخرى

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Note added at 2003-10-14 15:26:43 (GMT)
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