{"id":53362,"date":"2017-10-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/53362\/essential-phrases-youll-need-to-know-if-you-live-in-lebanon"},"modified":"2017-10-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T00:00:00","slug":"essential-phrases-youll-need-to-know-if-you-live-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/53362\/essential-phrases-youll-need-to-know-if-you-live-in-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential Phrases You’ll Need To Know If You Live In Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re a foreigner visiting Beirut and you’re confused by some of the phrases most commonly used in the Lebanese dialect, we’ve compiled a list for you of peculiar things Lebanese people say and what they really mean. <\/p>\n

Awwe albak\/albek<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Literal translation:<\/b> Strengthen your heart<\/p>\n

Meaning:<\/b> I’m about to make you do something fucked up.<\/p>\n

Shidde 7alek\/7alak<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Literal translation:<\/b> Push yourself<\/p>\n

Meaning:<\/b> I’m insulting you, but you should get over it. <\/p>\n

Shu warana?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Literal translation:<\/b> What’s behind us (the hurry)?<\/p>\n

Meaning:<\/b> I know I said I would be ready by 8, but my plan is to make you look uptight for giving me shit about it.<\/p>\n

Bshil<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Literal translation:<\/b> I’d lift<\/p>\n

Meaning:<\/b> I’d fuck it\/eat it. <\/p>\n

Yekhreb beytak<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Literal translation:<\/b> destroy your house<\/p>\n

Meaning:<\/b> used as a term of endearment or insult<\/p>\n

To2obrine\/yo2borne<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Literal translation:<\/b> bury me<\/p>\n

Meaning:<\/b> used as term of extreme love and affection<\/p>\n

Yeslamle rassak\/albak<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Literal translation:<\/b> I hope your head\/heart is safe for me<\/p>\n

Meaning:<\/b> We both want to order from the same place. <\/p>\n

3a 7atet 2eedak<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Literal translation:<\/b> right where you left it<\/p>\n

Meaning:<\/b> refers to state of stability, or a state where nothing changed<\/p>\n

Rouh balet el baher<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Literal translation:<\/b> Go tile the sea<\/p>\n

Meaning:<\/b> There’s nothing you can do about it<\/p>\n

Shamet hawwa<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Literal translation:<\/b> smell the air<\/p>\n

Meaning:<\/b> Smell garbage, get stuck in traffic, go back home. <\/p>\n

Ma ta3ti\/ta3teeya wejj<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Literal translation:<\/b> don’t give him\/her face<\/p>\n

Meaning:<\/b> Pretty bad dating advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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