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douse head in mop buckets

22:51 Feb 12, 2016
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English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / Program / contest
English term or phrase: douse head in mop buckets
They were just, you know, giving this one particular bar all kinds of hell. They just put their foot down. They weren’t gonna take it anymore.

SHARON NEEDLES
01:11:37
I heard, if you wore women’s clothing or makeup, they would douse your head in the mop buckets of nightclubs.

CHAD MICHAELS
Wow.

WILLAM
You had to wear at least three articles of clothing that were assigned to your genders at all time, or you could be arrested.
einass kandil
Egypt
Local time: 09:10


Summary of answers provided
5يعاملوك معاملة سيئة
Oz Hamdoun (X)


  

Answers


9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
يعاملوك معاملة سيئة


Explanation:
لا يحترمونك


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Note added at 18 mins (2016-02-12 23:09:15 GMT)
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Douse your head in a mop buckets = mistreat

Oz Hamdoun (X)
United States
Local time: 03:10
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 156

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Khalid W: That might work for a concise translation, but just to be clear, "douse your head in a mop bucket" is not an idiom, it is meant literally hear.
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