yezid 3liha يزيد عليها
Algerian Darja · expression
“yezid 3liha” (يزيد عليها) is an expression in Algerian Darja meaning to exaggerate, pile it on.
Meanings
- to exaggerate, pile it on
Usage
Yzid 3liha, literally "he adds on top of it", is said of someone who exaggerates a story, inflates the facts or goes too far in their behaviour. It is often heard as a reproach: ma tzidch 3liha, "don't pile it on", or rak tzid 3liha, "you're exaggerating". The pronoun ha stays fixed and refers to the situation, not to a woman. The register is familiar. The expression corresponds well to "to overdo it" or "to lay it on thick".
Example
خلاص، راك تزيد عليها، ماشي هكذا صرات
khlas, rak tzid 3liha, machi haka sret
“Enough, you're piling it on, that's not how it happened.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, it is written “yezid 3liha”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.