ليسدوا بها الرمق

English translation: scrape by/along ll gratify their hunger

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Arabic term or phrase:ليسدوا بها الرمق
English translation:scrape by/along ll gratify their hunger
Entered by: Mowafak Mohamed

15:37 Mar 9, 2023
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
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Arabic term or phrase: ليسدوا بها الرمق
Hi everyone,

Does this mean to fill their tummies?

يجري أطفالهم خلف القطار لالتقاط الفتات ليسدوا بها الرمق

Thanks!
Saliha18
Local time: 05:09
scrape by/along ll gratify their hunger
Explanation:
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Even less fortunate are those who have to scrape by on other’s scraps.
https://franklinfoodbank.org/about-us/newsletter-2018-versio...

In poverty-stricken communities, parents and their children barely scrape by with enough food to survive.
https://www.fh.org/blog/life-sacred/




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Hunger and thirst are universal and people have attempted to gratify their hunger and satiate their thirst for a long time and in a variety of ways.
https://www.stettlerindependent.com/community/those-who-hung...

There are still human beings in our cities who share food in the garbage heaps with dogs to gratify their hunger.
https://nmpctrust.com/services/
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Mowafak Mohamed
Egypt
Local time: 07:09
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1to alleviate, assuage, satisfy their hunger
ABDESSAMAD BINAOUI
5to keep body and soul together
Muhammad Atallah
5scrape by/along ll gratify their hunger
Mowafak Mohamed
3to get by
Yassine El Bouknify


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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
to alleviate, assuage, satisfy their hunger


Explanation:
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ABDESSAMAD BINAOUI
Morocco
Local time: 05:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 47

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
to keep body and soul together


Explanation:
يَبْحَثُ عَمَّا يَسُدُّ رَمَقَهُ: القَليلُ مِنَ الطَّعامِ لِيُنْقِذَ بِهِ نَفْسَهُ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ جُوعاً
المعجم: الغني


Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Local time: 07:09
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 23
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
to get by


Explanation:
or to survive.
What's the text about, by the way?
الثاني فيمكن تخريجه على رأي من قال إن الرمق قد جاء في اللغة بمعنى: القوة كذلك، فيكون سدّ الرمق بمعنى: حفظ القوة المانعة من الموت، ويؤيد هذا الاستعمال قول المصباح في مادة (رمق): ويأكل المضطر من الميتة ما يسدّ به الرمق، أي ما يمسك قوته ويحفظها.
https://www.arabdict.com/m/results?lang=ar&dict=ar&q=أكل من ...

Yassine El Bouknify
Morocco
Local time: 05:09
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 185
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
scrape by/along ll gratify their hunger


Explanation:
...

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Note added at 24 mins (2023-03-09 16:01:54 GMT)
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Even less fortunate are those who have to scrape by on other’s scraps.
https://franklinfoodbank.org/about-us/newsletter-2018-versio...

In poverty-stricken communities, parents and their children barely scrape by with enough food to survive.
https://www.fh.org/blog/life-sacred/




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Note added at 25 mins (2023-03-09 16:03:30 GMT)
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Hunger and thirst are universal and people have attempted to gratify their hunger and satiate their thirst for a long time and in a variety of ways.
https://www.stettlerindependent.com/community/those-who-hung...

There are still human beings in our cities who share food in the garbage heaps with dogs to gratify their hunger.
https://nmpctrust.com/services/

Mowafak Mohamed
Egypt
Local time: 07:09
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 120
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