A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
شمر عن ساعد الجد (s. al-jidd) to buckle down to a job, rally all one’s forces, put one’s shoulder to the wheel
Root: ش-م-ر
Page: 567*
Example: “فَشَمَّرتُ عَن ساعِدِ الجِدِّ وَبَدَأتُ بِتَرجَمةِ الديوان”
Translation: “so I buckled down and began translating the poetry collection”
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* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition
The Arabic Pages 