أحن من المريض إلى الطبيب، أحد من ليطة
الليطة، قشر القصب.
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more compassionate than the patient to the doctor, someone from Lita
Lata, reed husk.
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هذان المثَيلان العربيّان يُضربان في معانٍ مختلفة تماماً (الأول في الشوق والتعلق، والثاني في الحِدّة البالغة):
1. "أَحَنُّ مِنَ المَرِيضِ إِلَى الطَّبِيبِ"
يُضرب هذا المثل في شدة الشوق، التوق، والحاجة الماسّة والاشتياق الشديد.
في الثقافة والتعبير الإنجليزي، توجد عدة مكافئات تعبر عن نفس المعنى:
"As a deer pants for streams of water"
تعبير بلاغي وأدبي شهير جداً (مستوحى من النصوص الأدبية القديمة) يُضرب للشرق الشديد والحاجة الماسة لشيء، تماماً كشوق الأيل للماء أو المريض لطبيبه.
"Like a moth to a flame"
يُستخدم لوصف الانجذاب الشديد والتعلق البالغ بشيء أو شخص لا يستطيع الانفكاك عنه.
"Longing for something like water in the desert"
تعبير مجازي شائغ لوصف التوق والحاجة الفائقة.
2. "أَحَدُّ مِنْ لِيطَةٍ"
(والليطة كما ذكرت هي قشرة القصبة السطحية الرقيقة، وهي معروفة بحدتها القاطعة التي قد تجرح اليد بلمسة خفيفة دون أن يشعر المرء). يُضرب هذا المثل في أقصى درجات الحِدّة، الشَّفْرَة القاطعة، أو الدقة والسرعة.
في الثقافة والتعبير الإنجليزي، توجد أمثال مشابهة تعتمد على أدوات حادة رقيقة:
"As sharp as a razor"
المثل الأشهر والأكثر استخداماً في الإنجليزية لوصف الشيء الحاد جداً كالموسى (أو الذهن الحاد).
"Razor-sharp"
صفة وتعبير شائع يُطلق على السكاكين، أو الأدوات، أو اللسان، أو الذكاء الحاد القاطع تماماً كحدّة "الليطة".
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These two Arabic proverbs have completely different meanings (the first in longing and attachment, and the second in extreme intensity):
1. “I am more compassionate than the patient toward the doctor.”
This proverb refers to the intensity of longing, yearning, desperate need, and intense longing.
In English culture and expression, there are several equivalents that express the same meaning:
"As a deer pants for streams of water"
A very famous rhetorical and literary expression (inspired by ancient literary texts) that refers to the intense East and the desperate need for something, just like a deer longing for water or a sick person for his doctor.
"Like a moth to a flame"
It is used to describe an intense attraction and attachment to something or someone that one cannot break away from.
"Longing for something like water in the desert"
A common metaphor to describe longing and extreme need.
2. “Ahadhr than Laita”
(The lattice, as I mentioned, is the thin, superficial shell of the reed, and it is known for its cutting sharpness, which may injure the hand with a light touch without one realizing it.) This proverb refers to the extreme level of sharpness, the cutting blade, or precision and speed.
In English culture and expression, there are similar proverbs that rely on thin, sharp objects:
"As sharp as a razor"
The most famous and most used proverb in English to describe something very sharp, such as a razor (or a sharp mind).
"Razor-sharp"
A common adjective and expression used to refer to knives, tools, a tongue, or sharp, cutting intelligence just like the sharpness of a “leta.”
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