More modest than a girl and more courageous than a woman giving gifts to her husband. أحيا من فتاة ومن هدي

أحيا من فتاة ومن هدي
وهي المرأة تهدي إلى زوجها. قالت الأخيلية في توبة بن الحمير:
فتى كان أحيا من فتاة حيية
وأجرأ من ليث بخفان خادر
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More modest than a girl and more courageous than a woman giving gifts to her husband. Al-Akhiliyya said of Tawba ibn al-Humayr: A young man more modest than a shy girl and braver than a lion in a den.
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أحيا من فتاة ومن هَدْي» يُضرب في شدة الحياء والخجل؛ أي أن الشخص شديد الحياء، والفتاة والهَدْي (الذبيحة عند سوقها إلى الحرم) كانا مضرب المثل في الخجل والحياء.
أقرب المقابلات الإنجليزية: As shy as a maiden.
= شديد الحياء كالعذراء/الفتاة.
As bashful as a young girl.
= خجول جدًا كفتاة صغيرة.
Shy as a deer.
= خجول كالغزال، وهو تعبير طبيعي للتعبير عن شدة الخجل.
He is painfully shy.
= شديد الخجل بصورة ملحوظة.
وأقرب صيغة إنجليزية للمثل:
As shy as a young maiden.
وإذا أردت تعبيرًا إنجليزيًا أكثر طبيعية وأدبية عن شدة الحياء:
As bashful as a young girl.
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"More shy than a maiden and a sacrificial animal" is an expression used to describe extreme shyness and modesty; it means the person is very shy, and the maiden and the sacrificial animal (the animal brought to the sanctuary) were proverbial symbols of shyness and modesty.
Closest English equivalents:
As shy as a maiden.
= Extremely shy like a maiden.
As bashful as a young girl.
= Very shy like a young girl.
Shy as a deer.
= Shy like a deer, a natural expression of extreme shyness.
He is painfully shy.
= Noticeably very shy.
The closest English version of the proverb:
As shy as a young maiden.
And if you want a more natural and literary English expression of extreme shyness:
As bashful as a young girl.