591 Arabic Proverbs / Page 15
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Like an ostrich: cannot fly and cannot bear burdens.282.
Like someone trying to capture water in his fist.283.
Like the man who shields himself with a spiders home.284.
Like the needle which clothes others while remaining naked.285.
Literal meaning: Cooking fat on honey.286.
Literal meaning: Give me long life and throw me in the sea.287.
Literal meaning: Give the dough to baker even if he eats half of it.288.
Literal meaning: He left the party without having Hommos.289.
Literal meaning: Save your white penny for your black day.290.
Literal meaning: The fisherman is the shark's friend.291.
Literal meaning: The friend in tight times.292.
Literal meaning: The gauge has overflown.293.
Literal meaning: The people's lord is their servant.294.
Literal meaning: The sultan's sword is long.295.
Live together like brothers and do business like strangers.296.
longer than a sepration day.297.
Longer than the winter's night.298.
Love is blind.299.
Loving your country is pious.300.
Luck in the sky and brains in the ground.