Glossary entry (derived from question below)
أنجليزي term or phrase:
let one\'s hair down
عربي translation:
أطلق لنفسه العنان
Added to glossary by
einass kandil
May 10, 2010 15:25
14 yrs ago
أنجليزي term
let one's hair down
أنجليزي إلى عربي
أخرى
التعبيرات الاصطلاحية \ الأمثال \ الأقوال المأثورة
Idioms
let one's hair down
Proposed translations
(عربي)
4 +1 | أطلق لنفسه العنان | Myrtrad1 |
5 | تسدل شعرها | Liliane Hatem |
4 +1 | تتحرر من التقاليد والقيود | Nadia Ayoub |
5 | يسترخي / يدعه من القلق والتوتر | Noha Kamal, PhD. |
Change log
May 10, 2010 18:39: Mohamed Kamel changed "Language pair" from "عربي إلى أنجليزي" to "أنجليزي إلى عربي"
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أطلق لنفسه العنان
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تسدل شعرها
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تتحرر من التقاليد والقيود
let (one's) hair down
To drop one's reserve or inhibitions.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/let (one's) hair down
Meaning
Behave in a free or uninhibited manner.
Origin
Letting one's hair down was a commonplace part of women's daily activities in the 17th century. The hair was normally pinned up and was let down for brushing or washing. The term used for this at the time was dishevelling. Anyone who is unkempt and generally untidy might now be described as dishevelled but then it applied specifically to hair which was unpinned. The first reference I can find which refers specifically to this is John Cotgrave's, The English treasury of wit and language, 1655:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/228000.html
To drop one's reserve or inhibitions.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/let (one's) hair down
Meaning
Behave in a free or uninhibited manner.
Origin
Letting one's hair down was a commonplace part of women's daily activities in the 17th century. The hair was normally pinned up and was let down for brushing or washing. The term used for this at the time was dishevelling. Anyone who is unkempt and generally untidy might now be described as dishevelled but then it applied specifically to hair which was unpinned. The first reference I can find which refers specifically to this is John Cotgrave's, The English treasury of wit and language, 1655:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/228000.html
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يسترخي / يدعه من القلق والتوتر
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