The best-known Egyptian folk proverbs and what they mean
The top 3 according to 5 votes from people: "The door the wind comes through: shut it and rest" · "Whoever lives in a glass house shouldn't throw stones at people" · "The one you take for Moses turns out to be Pharaoh". (Updated Nov 5, 2021.)
From "Whoever lives in a glass house shouldn't throw stones" to "In his mother's eyes the monkey is a gazelle" and "The gosling is a swimmer": Egyptian sayings people use every day, with a literal translation and their meaning.
Automatically translated (original in العربية). See the original
Top 15
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"The door the wind comes through: shut it and rest"
Cut off whatever brings you trouble.
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"Whoever lives in a glass house shouldn't throw stones at people"
Don't criticise others for faults you have yourself.
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"The one you take for Moses turns out to be Pharaoh"
People who seem good can turn out to be bad.
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"The white piaster is useful on the black day"
Save in good times for hard times.
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5
"Whoever got burned by the soup blows on the yoghurt"
Once bitten, twice shy.
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"In his mother's eyes, the monkey is a gazelle"
Every mother thinks her child is the most beautiful.
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"The gosling is a swimmer"
Like father, like son.
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8
"The walls have ears"
Be careful what you say: someone may be listening.
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9
"Far from the eye, far from the heart"
Out of sight, out of mind.
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10
"The neighbour before the house"
Choose your neighbours before you choose your home.
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"Give the bread to its baker, even if he eats half of it"
Leave a job to the expert, even if it costs you more.
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12
"Learning when young is like carving in stone"
What you learn as a child stays with you for life.
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13
"Whoever has a bump on his head keeps touching it"
A guilty conscience gives itself away.
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14
"What's gone is dead"
Let bygones be bygones.
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15
"The last grape of the bunch is candied sugar"
The youngest child is the family's darling.
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