إجا يكحلها عماها

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Literally, “he came to put kohl on (the eye), he blinded it”.

Phrase

إجا يكحّلها عماها‎ • (ʔija ykaḥḥelha ʕamāha)

  1. to make matters worse
    ‏عشان أوفّر مصاري، جبت صاحبي يصلّحلي التلّاجة — بس إجا يكحّلها عماها․‎‎
    ʕašān ʔawaffer maṣāri jibt ṣāhbi yṣalleḥ-li it-tallāje bas ʔija ykaḥḥelha ʕamāha
    To save money, I brought my friend to fix the fridge for me — but he only made matters worse.
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