خاک میخوره

English translation: Gathering dust

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Persian (Farsi) term or phrase:خاک میخوره
English translation:Gathering dust
Entered by: Sarah Yousef (X)

19:05 Feb 15, 2018
Persian (Farsi) to English translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / خاک میخوره
Persian (Farsi) term or phrase: خاک میخوره
هرگز از ماشین خودش استفاده
نمیکرد و در پارکینگ منزلش، خاک میخورد و دیگر از ماشین
مینی کوچک و جمع و جور همسر مرحومش استفاده میکرد
Sarah Yousef (X)
Iran
Local time: 14:25
Gathering dust
Explanation:
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If you say that something is gathering dust, you mean that it has been left somewhere and nobody is using it or doing anything with it.
Many of the machines are gathering dust in basements.
The album is finally being released in October after gathering dust for over a year.

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Note added at 8 mins (2018-02-15 19:13:09 GMT)
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https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/to-gath...
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Morad Seif
Türkiye
Local time: 21:25
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Summary of answers provided
5 +7Gathering dust
Morad Seif
4dusty car/ dirty car
Fateme Bonyani


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
Gathering dust


Explanation:
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Note added at 7 mins (2018-02-15 19:12:36 GMT)
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If you say that something is gathering dust, you mean that it has been left somewhere and nobody is using it or doing anything with it.
Many of the machines are gathering dust in basements.
The album is finally being released in October after gathering dust for over a year.

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Note added at 8 mins (2018-02-15 19:13:09 GMT)
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https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/to-gath...

Morad Seif
Türkiye
Local time: 21:25
Native speaker of: Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 52

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Zeynab Tajik
0 min
  -> Thank you so much.

agree  Kourosh Abdi
29 mins
  -> Thank you dear Mr Abdi.

agree  Amir Arzani
47 mins
  -> Thank you so much.

agree  Ehsan Kiani
13 hrs
  -> Thank you so much.

agree  Ramak Milani: Collecting dust
1 day 3 hrs
  -> Thank you so much.

agree  Edward Plaisance Jr
1 day 6 hrs
  -> Thank you so much.

agree  Ali Fazel
1 day 9 hrs
  -> Thank you so much.
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1 day 20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
dusty car/ dirty car


Explanation:
Never use her car
He did not get dirty and parked in his parking lot and no longer car
He used the small and compact miniature wife of her late husband

Fateme Bonyani
Iran
Local time: 21:55
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
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