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Be aware of the idiot, for he is like an old dress. Every time you patch it, the wind will tear it back again.
Beware of the level-headed when he is angry.
Avoid the company of a liar. And if you can't avoid him, don't believe him.
Time is like a sword. If you do not cut it, it will cut you.
He who swings an aggressive sword will be killed by it.
With the absence of real men there is no use for swords.
The one without a sword will be humiliated.
It is too late (The swinging of the sword had overrun justice- the proverb was taken from a story of someone who was killed just before he was proven to be innocent)
The sultan's sword is long.
A sword is most feared when it is out (of the sheath).
A sword can be feared even if it is not swung.
The courageous might cower without a weapon.
The wound of words is worse than the wound of swords.
Two swords do not fit in one sheath.
Don't eat your bread on someone else's table.
He doesn't drop a mustard.
He got neither the berries of Sham nor the grapes of Yemen.
You don't reap grapes from thistles (cactus).
Can be used as " do not spend more than you can afford"
It is better to make yourself look like a fool than to bad mouth others
The trip of the foot is better than the trip of the tongue.
The scar of the tongue is like the scar of the hand.
By his own mouth does the liar expose himself.
The safety of a human is in the sweetness of his tongue.
The tongue of the ignorant is the key to his death.
The tongue of a person is the servant of his heart.
He leaves the eye and seeks the mark. The example is of tracker who can see what he is tracking but he doesn't even look at because he is too busy looking for any marks on the ground.
He leaves the important thing and holds on to side-issues.
He leaves the donkey and holds on to the saddle.
English, and similar in Russian: can't see the forest behind the trees
He steals the mascara from her eyes.
The one with the right has a strong eye.
Out of sight , out of mind
Those who are far from the eye are far from the heart.
Keeping away for too long makes you lose friendships and relations.
The eye does not become higher than the eyebrow.
Every head has a headache.
Do not be a head for heads are easily hurt.
I cured my self but I amputated my nose in the process.
For some reason Qaseer amputated his nose.
A free woman would rather go hungry than earn her livelihood by selling her breasts (suggesting her body).
Blood can never turn into water.(a bond with family/relatives can never break as
Your chest is roomier for your secrets.
The belly never gives birth to an enemy. (A mother gives birth to Family.)
From the man's job there is opportunity.
Whoever works all day, eats while sleeping!
Who doesn't strive, doesn't eat!
That hole in the dress is bigger than anyone can fix.
Dig a well then close the well, but do not unemploy a worker
If two thieves quarreled, what was stolen emerges.
Plant each day and you will eat.
I hear cracking, but I don't see grinding
Beat the iron while it is hot.
Give the bread dough to the baker even if he eats half of it.
Give the bow to its maker.
The shoemaker is bare footed and the carpenter's door is broken.
He sold his vineyard and bought a squeezer.
Came back with Hunain's shoes. meaning: Came back with nothing.
They planted so we ate, and we plant so they would eat.
The village's piper does not exhilarate.
Whoever was prepared for idleness did not succeed
Picture failure and it will come
The person who pours water to other is the last one to drink.
The people's lord is their servant.
A Doctor heals people while he is ill!
Like the needle which clothes others while remaining naked.
You reap what you sow
How the ship resembles the sailor
Who lives near happiness is happy, and who lives near mourning is consumed by its fire
Patience is the key to joy
A great pot is enough for many
Every where have word and every time have men
O! my brother Flip the pot on its mouth, the daughters turn into their mums.
Do not sell cash for debt
Meagerness is a humiliation
The wealth of a man in exile is home and the poverty of a man at home is exile.
The reputation for being rich is better than the reputation for being poor.
The sleep of a tyrant is worship.
ًاWhen a sick man goes to another sick man for healing while his neighbour is Jesus Christ.
Hunger is a non-believer.
Sleep is the sultan
Evil lasts an hour, and truth lasts till the Hour (the end of time).
Oh tyrant, your day will come.
He fasts and fasts, then he breaks his fast with an onion.
He (God) puts his secrets in the weakest of his creation.
A believer (wise man) can not be stung from the same hole twice.
