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The camel limped from its split lip (i.e., A bad workman blames his tools).

 ÔÝÊå ãä ÇáÌãá ÚÑÌ 

Choose the neighbors before the house (i.e., We can live without friends, but not without neighbors).

ÇáÏÇÑ ÞÈá ÇáÌÇÑ  

He who chooses too large a stone cannot strike with it (i.e., Don't bite off more than you can chew).

 íÖÑÈ áÇ ÍÌÑå íßÈÑ Çááí

His luck splits the stone (i.e., He has the devil's own luck).

 ÇáÍÌÑ ÈíÝáÞ ÍÙå 

Her face sours the milk.

 ÇááÈä íÍãÖ æÌåÇ 

From under the drip to under the spout (i.e., Out of the frying pan and into the fire).

 ÇáãÒÑÇÈ ÊÍÊ ÇáÏáÝ ÊÍÊ ãä 

It's like selling fish still in the sea (i.e., Don't count your chickens before they hatch).

 ÇáÈÍÑ Ýí Óãß ÈíÈÚ Çááí ãËá

The rope of a lie is short (i.e., The liar is sooner caught than the cripple).

 ÞÕíÑ ÇáßÐÈ ÍÈá 

The day obliterates the promises of night.

 ÇáäåÇÑ íãÍæå Çááíá ßáÇã 

No smoke without fire.

 äÇÑ ÈÏæä ÏÎÇä áÇ 

If I have regretted my silence once, I have regretted my chatter many times (i.e., More have repented speech than silence).

ãÑÉð ÓßæÊí Úáì äÏãÊ Åä ãÇ 

 ãÑÇÑÇð ßáÇãí Úáì äÏãÊ ÝáÞÏ  

I become the slave of he who teaches me one letter (i.e., A sign of the high esteem in which education is held).

 ÚÈÏÇð áå ÃÕÈÍÊ ÍÑÝÇð Úáãäí ãä 

Don't leave today's work until tomorrow (i.e., Never put off till tomorrow what can be done today).

 ÇáÛÏ Çáì Çáíæã Úãá ÊÊÑß áÇ 

He who steals the egg steals the camel (i.e., He that will steal an egg will steal an ox).

 ÇáÌãá íÓÑÞ ÇáÈíÖÉ íÓÑÞ Çááí 

The son of a duck is a floater (i.e., Like father, like son).

 ÚæÇã ÇáÈØ ÅÈä 

One hand cannot clap (i.e., It takes two to tango).

 ÊÕÝÞ áÇ æÇÍÏÉ íÏ

Stay with your old crony even if the new friend enriches you.

 ÃÛäÇß ÇáÌÏíÏ æáæ äÏíãß ÞÏíãß 

The camel cannot see its own hump (i.e., The pot calls the kettle black).

 ÓäÇäå íÔæÝ ãÇ ÇáÌãá 

The best deeds are those done promptly (i.e., He gives twice who gives quickly).

 ÚÇÌáå ÇáÈÑ ÎíÑ 

When stomachs are busy minds are lost.

 ÇáÚÞæá ØÇÑÊ ÇáÈØæä ÚäÏ 

Too many captains sink the ship (i.e., Too many cooks spoil the broth).

 ÇáÓÝíäÉ ÛÑÞÊ ÇáÑÈÇÈäå ßËÑ ÅÐÇ 

We taught them how to beg, they raced us to the gates (i.e., To beat someone at his own game).

 ÚÇáÃÈæÇÈ ÓÈÞæäÇ ÚÇáÔÍÏå ÚáãäÇåã 

The dog's tail remains crooked, even if it put in fifty moulds (A leopard cannot change its spots).

 ÞÇáÈ ÎãÓíä Ýí ÍØíÊå áæ ÃÚæÌ ÇáßáÈ ÐäÈ 

Cleanliness is akin to faith.

ÇáÅíãÇä ãä ÇáäÙÇÝÉ  

It's like a public bath with its water cut off (i.e., Total chaos;  bedlam!).

 ãíÊå ÇáãÞØæÚÉ ÇáÍãÇã ãËá 

Every sun has its sunset (i.e., All good things come to an end).

 ãÛÑÈ ÅáåÇ ÔãÓ ßá 

He whose eye is greedy will never have a full stomach.

 ÈíÔÈÚ ãÇ ÝÇÑÛå Úíäå Çááí 

In the eye of his mother a monkey is a gazelle (i.e., All her geese are swans).

 ÛÒÇá Ããå Úíä Ýí ÇáÞÑÏ 

Go tile the sea (i.e., Get lost!).

 ÇáÈÍÑ ÈáðØ ÑæÍ

The fish ate the bait and stole the hook (i.e., To add insult to injury).

 ÇáÕäÇÑå æÓÑÞ ÇáØÚã Ãßá 

The envious will not prevail.

 íÓæÏ áÇ ÇáÍÓæÏ 

I have neither a male nor a female camel in it (i.e., It's no skin off my nose).

Ìãá æáÇ ÝíåÇ áí äÇÞÉ áÇ  

The eloquent cock crows from the egg (i.e., It early pricks that will be a thorn).

 íÕíÍ ÇáÈíÖÉ ãä ÇáÝÕíÍ ÇáÏíß 

Patience is the key to relief.

 ÇáÝÑÌ ãÝÊÇÍ ÇáÕÈÑ 

He hit me and cried;  he raced me to complain (i.e., It's all his fault yet he pretends to be the victim).

 æÅÔÊßì æÓÈÞäí æÈßì ÖÑÈäí 

Stretch your legs according to the length of your quilt (i.e., Cut your coat according to your cloth).

 ÑÌáíß ãÏ áÍÇÝß ÞÏ Úáì 

The key to evil is one word (i.e., Of a small spark, a great fire).

 ßáãÉ ÇáÔÑ ãÝÊÇÍ 

If it was going to rain it would have clouded over.

 áÛíãÊ ÊÔÊí ÈÏåÇ áæ 

If speech is silver, silence is golden.

 ÐåÈ ãä ÝÇáÓßæÊ ÝÖÉ ãä ÇáßáÇã ßÇä ÅÐÇ 

He who sows the wind harvests the storm (i.e., Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind).

 ÇáÚÇÕÝÉ ÍÕÏ ÇáÑíÍ ÒÑÚ ãä 

A donkey is a donkey even if he is raised among horses (i.e., If an ass goes a-travelling, he'll not come back a horse).

 ÑÈí ÇáÎíæá Èíä æáæ ÍãÇÑ ÇáÍãÇÑ

He grows with a habit greys with it (i.e., Old habits die hard).

 Úáíå ÔÇÈ Ôíú Úáì ÔÈ ãä

Beware the evil of the man who has received your charity  (i.e., To bite the hand that feeds you).

 Åáíå ÃÍÓäÊ ãä ÔÑ ÅÊÞí 

Two water melons cannot be carried in one hand (i.e., Don't attempt the impossible).

ÈíÊÍãáæÇ ãÇ æÇÍÏÉ ÈíÏ ÈØíÎÊíä 

Every delay has its blessings.

 ÎíÑÉ ÝíåÇ ÊÃÎíÑÉ ßá 

Rather a bird in the hand than ten on the tree (i.e., A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush).

 ÇáÔÌÑ Úáì ÚÔÑÉ ãä ÎíÑ ÈÇáíÏ ÚÕÝæÑ