على وتر

English translation: strike a xxx chord

11:02 Jan 13, 2021
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Contemporary novel
Arabic term or phrase: على وتر
. قسم "النشيد الإسلامي"، وكان له شعراء خاصون يلعبون على وتر "العاطفة الدينية" و"الأخوة الدينية" و"مآسِ المسلمين" و"جراح المسلمين" و"دماء المسلمين" كما كانوا يذكرونها في شعرهم، وكذلك منشدون خاصون من الأطفال والكبار.
Verity Roat
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:41
English translation:strike a xxx chord
Explanation:
maybe "striking on the chord of religious sentiment" should do

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Note added at 14 mins (2021-01-13 11:16:54 GMT)
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striking the chord of religious sentiment
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Milena Atanasova
Bulgaria
Local time: 11:41
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1touch a chord
ABDESSAMAD BINAOUI
4play off the...
Saeed Najmi
4strike a xxx chord
Milena Atanasova
4strike chord
mona elshazly


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
touch a chord


Explanation:
To elicit or trigger a strong emotional response to something; to be very poignant. Thank you for speaking, your words really touched a chord with me. The film still touches a chord with younger audiences, even after all these years.



ABDESSAMAD BINAOUI
Morocco
Local time: 09:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 47

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agree  Milena Atanasova
23 mins
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
play off the...


Explanation:
play off ''a certain card to get something


    Reference: http://https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition...
Saeed Najmi
Morocco
Local time: 09:41
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 146
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
strike a xxx chord


Explanation:
maybe "striking on the chord of religious sentiment" should do

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Note added at 14 mins (2021-01-13 11:16:54 GMT)
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striking the chord of religious sentiment

Milena Atanasova
Bulgaria
Local time: 11:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: Bulgarian
PRO pts in category: 23
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
strike chord


Explanation:
strike chord

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Note added at 1 hr (2021-01-13 12:34:07 GMT)
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strike the chord


    https://www.wordreference.com/enar/chord
    https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/strike+a+chord#:~:text=strike%20a%20chord%20(with%20someone,See%20also%3A%20chord%2C%20strike
mona elshazly
Egypt
Local time: 11:41
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 45
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