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38 funny Arabic proverbs, This article is about funny Arabic proverbs, but at first, we will speak little about proverbs.
Folk proverbs are the oral wisdom of the ancestors and the cultural heritage of society.
Take the characteristics of society and its features, and moral standards.
The proverbs may occupy a large place in the popular memory of every society.
It is a brief educational story which may be poetry or prose, that illustrates one or more educational lessons or principles.
Parables contain characters from the human race. And the parable is regarded as a kind of analogy.
They are even described as the juice of the wisdom of peoples.
For the parable is a life story told by generations and a story of ancestral wisdom that is valid for every time and place with different dialects.
It is a product of popular culture, and it remains a child of the environment, language, and event that resulted from it.
People trust the proverb because it guides them to solve a problem based on experience gained from an ancient event.
The proverb remains a guide and an argument in meaning and wisdom as a result of stories that occurred in the past, and repeat in the present.
So, it acquires a popular force that makes it settle the discussion and debate in a few minutes.
Some Arabic books about proverbs
1.The proverb in the literature of the writer and poet Ibn al-Atheer. 2.A book of proverbs by Ibn Al-Skeet. The complex of proverbs by Abu 3.Al-Fadl Ahmed bin Muhammad Al-Nisaburi Al-Midani
38 funny Arabic proverbs Embody the cynical Arab reality
38 funny Arabic proverbs:
1.It’s the size of an ant and does great problems.
Explanation: Do not underestimate anyone and rate them for their size. Some youngsters are able to do very great things. ex: Lionel Messi.
2.The height is the length of a palm, and the mind is the mind of a sheep.
Explanation: Beware that you think that height is a criterion for success and capacity for awareness, as many tall people have no benefit in society and do not do anything useful at all.
3.Tie a horse where there are donkeys, it learns to bray.
Explanation: Beware, then beware, to put something good between a corrupt group of the same kind.
For example, an excellent student with a failed group will end up negatively.
When you put a rotten apple in a good apple box, only the rotten will come out of it.
4.Those who cannot reach a grape will describe it as a sour plant.
Explanation: It is used to describe a helpless person who, when he quickly complains about something he never seeks, but describes it as useless and says that he does not need it at all despite his urgent need for it.
5.The corrupt son brings insults to his family.
Explanation: It is used to raise awareness about good education. because in the event of poor education, they will receive a huge number of insults that they do not want or wish to hear.
6.forbidden money does not continue.
Explanation: That is, the money obtained by illegal means such as theft and fraud will not last long.
7.If you are a prince, and I am a prince, who is driving the donkeys?
Explanation: It means that the social classes in the same society must be varied, and this is reflected in the diversity of professions.
Without a farmer, you will not eat fruits and without a shepherd, you will not drink milk even if you are a prince.
8.A large amount of stones is better than this neighbor.
Explanation: It describes the neighbor so bad that the rocks of no use are better than him.
funny Arabic proverbs Embody the cynical Arab reality
9.one day you win, another you lose.
Explanation: Do not be overly optimistic if a beautiful day has passed because it is always bad and there is beauty, be careful. Our life is like the piano there is black and there is white and you must press both to give life a melody.
10.The husband is merciful even if it is charcoal.
Explanation: That is, being in the shadow of a husband who protects you and supports you in this difficult life.
This is much better than staying alone even if your husband has many faults.
11.If a man was measured by his mustache, the cockroach would prefer them
Explanation: That is, a man’s mustache and chin are not a measure of masculinity or any positive. If it is, the cockroach is better because of its long mustache.
12.If you associate with the worshiper, you will pray, and if you associate with the singer, you will sing.
Explanation:
You should associate with positive people in your life, who give you great positive energy.
In return stay away from negative people because you will get negative things.
13.Halima is back to her old habit:(most-used Arabic proverb)
Explanation: It describes a person who returns to the practice of a habit that he is used to doing in the past.
That is often bad and he has tried a lot to stop it and put a lot of effort in this way.
14.The monkey is a deer in its mother’s eyes.
Explanation: They talk about this proverb that no matter how bad-looking you are and no matter how miserable you are in your life. You will remain beautiful and sweet in your mother’s eyes forever.
These proverbs belong to very interesting story:
In the Roman era, when the ruler sat one day on his chair and asked that a beauty contest be held and that the animals of beauty come forward to display it.
The winner of the competition is announced and given a prize at the end of the day.
The animals actually began to pass one by one in front of the ruler contemplating their beauty.
So the gazelle and its young, and the peacock flaunted his beauty, he and his son, then came the giraffe and her baby, the lion and his son.
After the end of the competition and before announcing the prize winner, the governor was surprised by a monkey running in front of him, displaying the beauty of her son.
everyone tried to convince her that her son was not as beautiful as the rest of the participants in the competition.
But she refused to withdraw from the competition so as not to embarrass herself, and she insisted that her son is more beautiful than all the animals that passed before the ruler.
The ruler laughed and said, “Leave it … the monkey is in the eyes of its mother a gazelle.
15.We thought they were cheap, they got free.
Explanation: When you think that a person is somehow bad but he surprises you, he is worse than you thought.
Arabic proverbs Embody the cynical Arab reality
38 funny Arabic proverbs
16.Like the fish dies when it leaves the water.
Explanation: It doesn’t matter how much independence you have, there is an environment of your own that you cannot leave its circle.
This is like the case of a fish that leave the water, so, it will inevitably die.
17.The owner of strong luck gives birth to the girl before the boy.
Expalnation: They describe the woman who gives birth to a girl first as lucky.
Because the girl is more affectionate and kinder than the boy, especially in our societies.
18.The wiles of women prevailed over the wiles of trolls.
Explanation: This proverb speaks about the cunning of some women, to the extent that it overwhelms the tricks of the devils at times.
19.Ding, baffled us, where should we give you a kiss?
Explanation: It is used when someone enters you during the discussion with many options, so you feel that you are in a giant maze that you will not get out of.
20.O, take the monkey because of his money, the money goes away, and the monkey remains as it is.
Explanation: Many mothers use it when one of their daughters wants to marry a man only because he is rich and he does not have anything positive about her.
21.He who made himself grain, The chicken will eat him.
Explanation: In this society, you should not underestimate your value, otherwise you will end.
Our society is an opportunistic society that exploits any weakness point to attack it.
22. if you speak about the cat, it will come jumping.
Explanation: It is used when you are talking about someone and suddenly there is a coincidence without a date.
23. son of the duck float:
Explanation: It is used when you find the son resembling the father or the mother in many of his behaviors and habits.
24.Spend what is in the pocket, come to you what is unseen.
Explanation: That is, when you spend your money that is in your pocket, the money will be deposited from where you do not know.
Note: ((Beware of applying this proverb in reality)).
25.The word I wish you did not build a house.
Explanation: That is, a person must work hard, and stop wishful thinking because wishing will do nothing.
26.We taught them to beg ahead of us.
Explanation: It is used when you know someone something and Suddenly, you find it progressing to you in stages and it is doing the work better than you.
Arabic proverbs
38 funny Arabic proverbs:
27.Walk in a funeral procession, not in a marriage.
Explanation: Don’t play match-maker, i.e. don’t try to arrange marriage because you will get blamed if it doesn’t work out.
28.For the Bedouin, it’s all soap.
Explanation: People without taste can’t discern the quality of different things.
29.Flip the jar on its mouth, and the daughter comes out like her mother.
Explanation: Like mother, like daughter
30.The rooster dies with his eye still on the dunghill.
Explanation: this proverb conveys the idea that no one can change their fundamental nature.
It’s used especially in reference to negative qualities and behaviors.
31.Receiving (blows from) a stick is not the same as counting them.
Explanation: Easier said than done.
32.The shoemaker is barefoot and the weaver is naked.
Explanation: People tend to neglect the things closest to them. Or alternatively, they fail to apply the advice and expertise they have for others to their own life.
33.Whoever plays with a cat will find his claws.
Explanation: If you play with fire, you’re going to get burned.
34.I say to him, “It’s a bull” and he responds “Milk it.”
Explanation: This saying refers to a situation where someone goes on repeating the same argument over and over again, even though he has been contradicted repeatedly.
35.Whoever goes out of his home will decrease his amount.
Explanation: The best place for a person is his home.
However, he leaves his home will not find rest, and will experience nothing except fatigue, humiliation, and misery.
36.Spanking of the dead is forbidden.
Explanation: It indicates that there is no point in beating and insulting a person who does not feel or suffer because he is like a dead person.
So, hitting and talking about it is useless, and you cannot get any result.
37.Where is your ear from Juha?
Explanation: This proverb is said to a person who wants to take a distant road, despite the fact that there is an easier way to reach the same goal.
It is more like Juha who asked for his ear and pointed with his right hand over his head at his far-left ear, skipping the nearby right ear.
38.Do good and throw it in the sea.
Explanation: It is used to motivate people to do good in all circumstances by looking away from the person you are helping or even the kind of help, and it is one of the most popular proverbs prevalent in our society.
And here we reach the end and we have seen how proverbs can educate us, even if they are funny.
A big thanks to everyone without an example, its story, and its meaning, and contributed to the education of society in some aspects of life.
