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كَٱلْمُهَدِّرِ

Root: هدر

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كَٱلْمُهَدِّرِ [Like the brayer in the enclosure of wood, or canes, or trees]: a proverb: applied to a man who raises a cry and clamour which is followed by nothing, or who raises a cry and clamour and does not make his saying or action to have effect: like the camel that is confined in the enclosure of wood or canes or trees, prevented from covering, and brays.
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