أحسن من الدهم الموقفة
وهي التي في قوائمها بياض.
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Better than the black ones that are standing.
They are the ones that have white on their legs.
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المثل العربي القديم "أَحْسَنُ مِنَ الدُّهْمِ الموقَّفَة" يُضرب في الجمال، الحسن الباهر، والكمال الظاهر.
(و"الدهم الموقفة" هي الخيل السوداء شديدة السواد التي يوجد في أسافل قوائمها بياضٌ كالخلخال، وهو لون وتوزيع ألوان نادر وبديع جداً عند العرب).
في الثقافة والتعبير الإنجليزي، لا يوجد مثل يحمل نفس الصورة البلاغية (الخيل والبياض في القوائم)، ولكن هناك تعبيرات ومكافئات ثقافية تُستعمل لنفس المعنى (لوصف شيء بالغ الحسن والجمال أو فريد من نوعه):
1. التعبير الأقرب للجمال الباهر والكمال:
"A sight for sore eyes"
تُقال لوصف شيء أو شخص في غاية الحسن والجمال بحيث يسُرّ الناظرين ويُبهجهم رؤيته.
"As picture-perfect as it gets"
يُستخدم لوصف شيء بلغ القمة في الحسن والجمال والصورة البديعة (مثل الجمال الفائق للخيل الدهماء الموقفة).
2. لوصف التباين الجمالي الفريد (مثل البياض وسط السواد):
"A rare gem" أو "One in a million"
تُقال لوصف الشيء البديع والنادر جداً الذي يقلّ وجوده، تماماً كما أن صفة "الوقف" في الخيل الدهْم صفة نادر وجودها وتزيدها بهاءً.
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"
(مثل عام عن الجمال الباهر الفريد).
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The old Arabic proverb "More beautiful than the black horses with white markings" is used to describe exceptional beauty, dazzling goodness, and apparent perfection.
(The "black horses with white markings" are intensely black horses with white markings on their lower legs, resembling anklets—a rare and exquisite color combination among the Arabs.)
In English culture and expression, there is no proverb that carries the same vivid image (the horse and the white markings on the legs), but there are cultural expressions and equivalents used to convey the same meaning (to describe something exceptionally beautiful or unique):
1. The closest expression to dazzling beauty and perfection:
"A sight for sore eyes"
This is said to describe something or someone so beautiful that it delights and pleases the eye.
"As picture-perfect as it gets"
This is used to describe something that has reached the pinnacle of beauty and exquisite form (like the exceptional beauty of the black horses with white markings). 2. To describe a unique aesthetic contrast (such as white against black):
"A rare gem" or "One in a million"
This is said to describe something exquisite and extremely rare, something that is seldom found, just as the "stood" quality in a black horse is a rare quality that enhances its beauty.
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"
(A general expression for dazzling and unique beauty).
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