Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
شالت الأذناب
English translation:
The lowest of people became your leaders-The lowest of people stepped on your heads
Added to glossary by
Samaa Zeitoun
Sep 5, 2014 19:27
9 yrs ago
Arabic term
United States
Quality comes first
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Egyptian, Standard-Arabian (MSA)) 
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic
شالت الأذناب
Arabic to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
لقد أُتّهم دينكم بجمودكم ورُمي قرآنكم بسفهكم . وهنتم حتى شالت الأذناب على رؤوسكم وجرء الصعاليك على أمرائكم وملوككم .
Is this a known expression? I know that athnaab is tails and the context means that they have become humiliated, but what's a good translation for it?
Is this a known expression? I know that athnaab is tails and the context means that they have become humiliated, but what's a good translation for it?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | The lowest of people became your leaders-The lowest of people stepped on your heads |
A.K Janjelo
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| 4 | hogged by the base pursuers |
Moodi
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Proposed translations
10 hrs
A.K Janjelo
Lebanon
Lebanon
Native in Arabic
&
English
Lebanon
“Translation…bridges connecting nations”
Native in: Arabic 
, English
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic
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The lowest of people became your leaders-The lowest of people stepped on your heads
من جمال اللغة العربية
الأذناب هنا تعني أسافل القوم وحقراءها
وكما هو واقعنا اليوم حيث نرى من توّلى أمورنا وكيفية تعامل الأغلبية معهم كأنهم آلهة
والعياذ بالله
الأذناب هنا تعني أسافل القوم وحقراءها
وكما هو واقعنا اليوم حيث نرى من توّلى أمورنا وكيفية تعامل الأغلبية معهم كأنهم آلهة
والعياذ بالله
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hogged by the base pursuers
You become fainthearted so that you are hogged by the base pursuers
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