enough room to swing a cat

[Xavierfr1]

In the English language we use lots of funny expressions as any other language. Does anyone know any Arabic (عامية/فصحى) equivalents to this phrase that they use at home?

expressing room/spaciousness of an area: " enough room to swing a cat"

Especially funny ones!

 

[elroy]

In Palestinian, you can call a spacious area a بحر.

 

[cherine]

In Egyptian Arabic we say يِرْمَح/يجري فيها الخيل (horses can run around in it).

 

[momai]

سيّاح نيّاح in Syrian

In Palestinian, you can call a spacious area a بحر.

Nice, it reminds me of Aramaic بحر for كثير/ كبير or maybe it is a figurative usage of Arabic baħr for sea.

 

[elroy]

maybe it is a figurative usage of Arabic baħr for sea.

I think that’s what it is.