Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

to dot the i's and cross the t's

Arabic translation:

وضع النقاط على الحروف

Added to glossary by Abdallah Ali
Feb 11, 2007 16:38
17 yrs ago
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English term

to dot the i's and cross the t's

English to Arabic Social Sciences Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
I have it in a context talking about negotiations.

Proposed translations

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وضع النقاط على الحروف

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Note added at 2 mins (2007-02-11 16:41:03 GMT)
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يضع النقاط على الحروف
Peer comment(s):

agree AhmedAMS
15 mins
Thank you very much
agree Noha Issa
15 mins
Thank you very much
agree ahmadwadan.com : 1 Min faster
38 mins
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agree Amir Kamel
55 mins
Thank you very much
agree Hasan Abu Khalil
58 mins
Thank you very much
agree Mohamed Ghazal
3 hrs
Thank you very much
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2 mins

وضع النقاط على الحروف

وضع النقاط على الحروف
Peer comment(s):

agree Noha Issa
15 mins
agree AhmedAMS
15 mins
agree Amir Kamel
52 mins
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يقوم بالعمل على اتم وجه

Dot the/your i's and cross the/your t's (informal)
to do something very carefully and in a lot of detail.
Example sentence:

She writes highly accurate reports - she always dots her i's and crosses her t's

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19 hrs

وضع الأمور في نصابها

This is another suggestion:
وضع الأمور في نصابها

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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2007-02-12 18:57:12 GMT)
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Searching for
"وضع الأمور في نصابها"
will tell how widely this saying is used with the same meaning of the English one. However, this saying is still in use.
I think that
"وضع النقاط على الحروف"
is more common but I think it is a verbal translation of a non-Arabic saying.
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1 day 7 hrs

فصل القول فـيـهـا تفصيلا

it means " to deal with all the details when you are finishing something"
Example sentence:

She writes highly accurate reports - she always dots her i's and crosses her t's.

فصل القول فـيـهـا تفصيلا واستزاد فيه دون أي تقصير

Peer comment(s):

agree Fathy Shehatto : Thanks , Mohammed . I'm Completely agree with you .
3 days 14 hrs
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