بَدِيهَةِspur of the moment in Arabic

Example sentences

• فَقَالَ عَلَى الْبَدِيهَةِ أَفْضَلُ النَّاسِ مَنْ كَانَتْ بِنْتُهُ تَحْتَهُ،

  He said on the spur of the moment: the best of people is the one whose daughter was under him.

  الْبَدِيهَةِ — on the spur of the moment. A definite noun, 'the quick wit / spontaneity', in the after-preposition case under 'on', forming the idiom 'off the cuff'. The set phrase describes the reply as immediate and unprepared.

  From: Sermons, Wit, and Sorrow →