به درد خوردن

Persian

Etymology

Literally, “to match the pain”.

Pronunciation

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [be d̪ǽɹd̪̥ xoɹ.d̪ǽn]

Readings
Iranian reading?	be dard xordan

Verb

به درد خوردن • (be dard xordan)

1. (intransitive, of a skill, etc.) to avail, to come handy, to be useful

   همسرم هیچوقت به دردم نمیخوره.

   hamsar-am hičvaqt be dard-am nemixore.

   My partner never helps me out.

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “به درد خوردن”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim