Proverbs

Question 1

Equivalent: no pain no gain

Answer 1

للي بغى العسل يصبر قريص النحل

Question 2

Might not pay much but it’s mine (gives dignity)

Answer 2

الحرفة اللي ماغناتش تستر

Question 3

If you’re invited the day of the event, stay home (connotation: you aren’t really wanted)

Answer 3

المعروض ف نهارى يبقى ف دارو

Question 4

Essentially: Free money makes you lazy

Answer 4

إلى عطاك العطي ماتحرت ماتواطي

Question 5

Equivalent: I don’t want a gift not given freely

Answer 5

اللي ماجى ب المحبة مايجيش ب الحزارة

Question 6

Someone does wrong and then is the one to complain and blame others

Answer 6

ضربني و بكى، سبقني و شكى

Question 7

Love is blind

Answer 7

الحب عمى

Question 8

Equivalent: fresh off the boat

Question 9

Similar to “walk in like you own the place” and taking over what isn’t rightfully yours

Answer 9

الدار دارالبنة و عبد بونا بغاو اإطردونا

Question 10

If you truly want deliverance, pray and ask God

Answer 10

اللي بغا يدفع البلا يتوضا الصلا

Question 11

Don’t do it/ say no and be relaxed

Answer 11

سبق الميم ترتاح

Question 12

Proverb when Someone tells you to do something and then criticizes you for doing it

Answer 12

طلع تآكل الكرموس، هبط شكون كالها ليك؟

Question 13

Equivalent: live within your means

Answer 13

لبس قدّك يواتيك

Question 14

Equivalent: beggars can’t be choosers/don’t be ungrateful

Answer 14

اللي متقنع ب خبزة يقنع ب نصها

Question 15

Equivalent: trouble proves your friends
Gossip spreads and people are drawn to take advantage

Answer 15

Lملّي كتطيح البگرة كتكترو جناوة

Question 16

So much trouble you just gotta laugh

Answer 16

كترة الهم، كتدحك

Question 17

Equivalent: once a ___ always a ____

Answer 17

عمر شتاح ماينسا هزت الكتف

Question 18

Meaning: Your reputation is affected by the people around you

Answer 18

معا من شفتك، معا من شبهتك

Question 19

Response when someone tells you to do something then scolds or blames you for it

Answer 19

طلع تآكل كرموس هبط شكون كالها ليك؟

Question 20

Equivalent; I am an extremely capable person

Answer 20

(Lit. I am an oven that can handle a neighborhood)
أنا فران وقاد بحومة

Question 21

Strike while the iron is hot

Answer 21

ضرب الحديد ماحدو سخون

Question 22

Equivalent: today we’re gonna expose the problem, get it out on the table, in order to find a solution

Answer 22

ليوم غنفرگعو هاد الرمّانة

Question 23

Equivalent: practice what you preach, or maybe, prove it

Answer 23

اللي كال العصيدة باردة يدير يدو فيها

Question 24

Equivalent: beauty is pain

Answer 24

الّلي بغى الزين يصبر التقيب الودنين

Question 25

Equivalent:when it rains it pours, but only negative

Answer 25

اللي ماگدو فيل زاتو فيلة

Question 26

Equivalent: kill two birds with one stone

Answer 26

كنضرب عصفورين بحجر واحد

Question 27

They got rich and forgot where they came from

Answer 27

دجاجة غسلات رجليها و نيات مادار عليها

Question 28

Equivalent: Pour gas on the fire

Answer 28

جايكحلها عماها

Question 29

Equivalent: one bad apple ruins the whole bunch

Answer 29

حوتة كتخنز الشواري