A Syrian proverb from Arabic Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases:
مثل الاربعة بنص الجمعة
(mitl arba'a binuS eljama'a)
Literal meaning: Like Wednesday in the middle of the week.
Meaning: refers to someone who sits around when there is work to be done . I think it's similar to the English idiom "like a bump on a log".
مثل الاربعة بنص الجمعة
(mitl arba'a binuS eljama'a)
Literal meaning: Like Wednesday in the middle of the week.
Meaning: refers to someone who sits around when there is work to be done . I think it's similar to the English idiom "like a bump on a log".
That's not what this refers to. It means when something or someone is out of place or time. So, if you receive an unexpected visitor who stays for a few hours, their visit is "mitl il arba'a ib nuss il jum'a".
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