Oct 27, 2009 10:30
15 yrs ago
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Arabic term
فاقد الشىء لا يعطيه
Arabic to English
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
idiom
idiom
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
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32 mins
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You can't give what you don't have
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
-1
7 mins
how have not can not give
some one who havent some thing cant give ant thing
Peer comment(s):
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MR LUTFI
: spelling and grammatical mistakes!!!
Who has not cannot give
Someone who hasn't anything/has nothing cannot give anything
1200 days
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21 mins
Zoubida Hamdaoui
Native in Arabic
Specializes in field
Try Again, Fail Again, Fail Better
Native in: Arabic 
, French
Works in: Spanish to Arabic, Spanish to French, English to Arabic, and 2 more.
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8
a man con do no more than he can
http://www.osod1.com/vb/showthread.php?t=11419
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Note added at 27 minutos (2009-10-27 10:58:20 GMT)
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I don´t know if we can also say: a man can offer no more than he owns/
a man can never offer what is not in his possession/Never expect a man to give you what he doesn´t own.
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Note added at 30 minutos (2009-10-27 11:01:31 GMT)
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what is lost is never offered
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Note added at 35 minutos (2009-10-27 11:06:05 GMT)
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sorry : can and not con
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Note added at 27 minutos (2009-10-27 10:58:20 GMT)
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I don´t know if we can also say: a man can offer no more than he owns/
a man can never offer what is not in his possession/Never expect a man to give you what he doesn´t own.
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Note added at 30 minutos (2009-10-27 11:01:31 GMT)
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what is lost is never offered
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Note added at 35 minutos (2009-10-27 11:06:05 GMT)
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sorry : can and not con
44 mins
Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Egypt
Technical accuracy with fluency of style
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Egyptian) 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic, and 1 more.
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60
One who has nothing can give nothing
How can one give what he does not own?
58 mins
Osama Shahin
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Works in field
Egypt
Your Source of Reliable Translation
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
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8
1 hr
hassan zekry
Native in Arabic
experience, professionalism and accuracy
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
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21
you can't ger blood out of stones
this is the corresponding standard english proverb
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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-10-27 14:54:20 GMT)
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sorry for the typo: you can't get blood out of stones
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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-10-27 14:54:20 GMT)
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sorry for the typo: you can't get blood out of stones
Peer comment(s):
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Maureen Millington-Brodie
: I think you mean "you can't get blood out of a stone"
2 hrs
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Sure I do, thanks Mbrodie
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