أنا ومن بعدي الطوفان

English translation: after me [us] the deluge

20:56 Jan 8, 2020
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Arabic term or phrase: أنا ومن بعدي الطوفان
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Yassine El Bouknify
Morocco
Local time: 06:15
English translation:after me [us] the deluge
Explanation:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apres moi le delu...
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Kamal Bazaid
United States
Local time: 01:15
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5 +2after me [us] the deluge
Kamal Bazaid
5“After me the deluge,”
Mohammad Rostami
4After me, let the deluge/flood come
Nermeen Yousry


  

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after me [us] the deluge


Explanation:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apres moi le delu...

Kamal Bazaid
United States
Local time: 01:15
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
“After me the deluge,”


Explanation:
Its a frech idiom.A disaster will follow. The French phrase, translated as “After me the deluge,” has been attributed to King Louis XVI or to his mistress, Madame de Pompadour. He or she was referring to the centuries of excessive living enjoyed by the aristocracy and paid for by the rest of France and what would happen as a result when His Majesty (or Madame) went to their heavenly rest.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Apres moi le deluge

Example sentence(s):
  • Problems will happen in the future. This French phrase literally means, "After me, the deluge."
Mohammad Rostami
United States
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Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi), Native in EnglishEnglish
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أنا ومن بعدي الطوفان
After me, let the deluge/flood come


Explanation:
After me, let the deluge come

Or

After me, let the flood come


Sources:
https://books.google.com.eg/books?id=hmNCDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA118&l...
https://www.adventistreview.org/2013-1504-6
https://www.alyaum.com/articles/815670/كلمة-ومقال/أنا-ومن-بع...

Nermeen Yousry
Egypt
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Native speaker of: Arabic
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