11 Hilarious Things We Overheard In Beirut
We typed down all the things we heard in one week!
1. Outside AUB:
“Yi leh sayra 2ad el ba2ra? “
Translation: Why have you gotten so fat?! (As fat as a cow.)
2. At H&M Hamra:
– Wife: “Those pants aren’t nice”.
– Husband: “Leh? La 2inno ma 2ilik jledeh tikwee? “
Translation: Why? Because you don’t feel like having to iron them?
3. At Starbucks, Hamra:
“Baddo 3a shway ybee3 bayto w kebdo kirmel ye2dar yedfa3 lal siyara li jeyiba la sa7ibtou“.
Translation: In a while he’ll be selling his house and liver to pay for the car he bought his girlfriend.
4. Pharmacy, Koreitem:
*Holding a cough syrup* “Awlik hayda b nasse7? “
Translation: Do you think this will make me gain weight?
5. Spinney’s, Jnah:
“Bestahle bas shi marra tjeeb akel min barra, meen khabarak eno ana beshteghil 3indak w 3ind wledak? “
Translation: I wish you’d buy food for us one day, who told you I work for you and your kids?
6. ABC parking lot, Achrafieh:
“She said she had a problem with her mobile, ma ba3ref man w a*r“.
7. At Fitness Zone, Verdun:
“Fatashet 3layya w ma l2ayta 3al facebook. Awlak kif btektob esma? “
Translation: I searched and couldn’t find her on Facebook, how do you think she writes her name?
8. On the Corniche
Girl 1: “He called me at 3 AM”.
Girl 2: “That must mean he really likes your personality”.
9. Outside a bar in Mar Mikhael
Guy 1: “It’s so difficult to tell if a girl is 12 or 18 these days”.
Guy 2: “It doesn’t matter, THEY’RE ALL HOT”.
10. Girl speaking to her friends at a bar in Badaro:
“You know, I used to never settle for anything less than a 7/10 (referring to mens’ looks), but these days, I’ll settle for a 3”.
11. At Fitness Zone, Verdun:
“Hiye bta3rif eno el superviser ma areeya, el kil bil bank ma areeya aslan“.
Translation: She knows the supervisor doesn’t care about her, the entire bank doesn’t care about her.
