"għatta x-xemx bl-għarbiel" meaning in Maltese

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        "3": "غَطَّى الشَّمْسَ بِالْغِرْبالِ",
        "lit": "to cover the sun with a sieve"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic غَطَّى الشَّمْسَ بِالْغِرْبالِ (ḡaṭṭā š-šamsa bi-l-ḡirbāli, literally “to cover the sun with a sieve”)",
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      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese tapar o sol com a peneira",
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  "etymology_text": "From Arabic غَطَّى الشَّمْسَ بِالْغِرْبالِ (ḡaṭṭā š-šamsa bi-l-ḡirbāli, literally “to cover the sun with a sieve”). Probably the idea is that the light of the sun could not be veiled even with an unperforated surface, but with a sieve the attempt is all the more hopeless. Compare Portuguese tapar o sol com a peneira, which is perhaps also from Arabic.",
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "to (try to) conceal something that is bound to come out"
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          "conceal",
          "conceal"
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          "come out",
          "come out"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaːt.ta‿ʃˈʃɛmʒ blarˈbɪːl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaˤːt.ta‿ʃˈʃɛmʒ blaˤːrˈbɪːl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɣat.ta‿ʃˈʃɛmʒ bɪl.ɣarˈbɪːl/"
    }
  ],
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        "lit": "to cover the sun with a sieve"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic غَطَّى الشَّمْسَ بِالْغِرْبالِ (ḡaṭṭā š-šamsa bi-l-ḡirbāli, literally “to cover the sun with a sieve”)",
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      },
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "to (try to) conceal something that is bound to come out"
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          "come out",
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      "ipa": "/ˈaːt.ta‿ʃˈʃɛmʒ blarˈbɪːl/"
    },
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