If he turned away from him and his opinion of him became so bad that he wouldn't even look at him.
Abu Ubayd said: From this comes the hadith of Umar ibn al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him, when Ziyad ibn Hudhair greeted him and he did not return the greeting. Ziyad said: "I have been struck by the Commander of the Faithful's head." This was due to an appearance he saw in him that he disliked. Ziyad meant: "The Commander of the Faithful has a bad opinion of me." So, if it is said, "So-and-so was struck by so-and-so's head," the implied meaning is: "Something of him was thrown into his head," meaning something was instilled in his mind that caused him to have a bad opinion of him. The definite article in their saying "in the head" stands in for the possessive pronoun, as in the saying: "And our noses are between the beards and the eyebrows."
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The closest equivalent in English is:
He fell out of favor.
Meaning: He lost his friend's favor or standing.
A very similar expression is:
He got on his bad side.
Meaning: He became the object of his friend's displeasure and ill opinion.
Similarly:
He wouldn't even look at him.
This is close to explaining the proverb: "His opinion of him became so bad that he turned away from him and wouldn't even look at him."
Another proverb with a similar meaning is:
A cloud came between them.
Meaning: Discord or mistrust arose between them and ruined their relationship.
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قال أبو عبيد: ومنه حديث عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله تعالى عنه حين سلم عليه زياد بن حذير فلم يرد عليه، فقال زياد: لقد رميت من أمير المؤمنين في الرأس، وكان -[288]- ذلك لهيئة رآها عليه فكرهها، وأراد زياد لقد ساء رأي أمير المؤمنين في، فإذا قيل "رمي فلان من فلان في الرأس" كان التقدير: رمى في رأسه منه شيء، أي ألقى في دماغه منه وسوسة حتى ساء رأيه فيه، والألف واللام من قولهم "في الرأس" ينوبان عن الإضافة كقوله: وآنفنا بين اللحى والحواجب
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