Common Modern Standard Arabic idioms and proverbs drawn from everyday speech and folk wisdom. Front: the Arabic idiom or proverb with romanization in parentheses. Back: English meaning.
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- ضرب عصفورين بحجر واحد (darab 'isfourain bihajjar wahid)
- Kill two birds with one stone
- يد واحدة لا تصفق (yad wahidah la tassfiq)
- One hand cannot clap, it takes cooperation
- كل إناء بما فيه ينضح (kull ina' bima fih yandah)
- Every vessel spills what it contains, people reveal their nature
- السكوت عن الحق خيانة (al-sukout 'an al-haq khiyanah)
- Silence about truth is treason
- الرجل من همته (ar-rajul min hamatihi)
- A man is defined by his ambitions
- العلم نور والجهل ظلام (al-'ilm nur wa al-jahl zulam)
- Knowledge is light and ignorance is darkness
- الحكمة ضالة المؤمن (al-hikmah dalat al-mu'min)
- Wisdom is the lost treasure of the believer
- الصبر مفتاح الفرج (as-sabr miftah al-faraj)
- Patience is the key to relief
- خير الناس أنفعهم للناس (khair an-nas anfahu-hum lil-nas)
- The best of people are those most beneficial to others
- العدل أساس الملك (al-'adl asas al-mulk)
- Justice is the foundation of rule
- البخيل في طول حياته ميت (al-bakhil fi tul hayatihi mayyit)
- The miser is dead during his lifetime
- لا تكسر الفخار على رأس الفخار (la taksar al-fakhkar 'ala ra's al-fakhkar)
- Do not break pottery on pottery's head, do not add insult to injury
- المال يذهب والعلم يبقى (al-mal yadhab wa al-'ilm yabqa)
- Money goes away but knowledge remains
- الإصرار والتكرار يعلم الشطار (al-israr wa al-takrar yu'allim al-shittar)
- Persistence and repetition teach the clever
- اللسان سوط الجسد (al-lisan sawt al-jasad)
- The tongue is the body's whip, words can harm
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