Lost in Literal

🇸🇦 Arabic, taken literally

طب الجرة ع تمّا بتطلع البنت لإمّا

etob el-jarra 'ala temma betetla' el-bent le-emma · ṭubb el-jarra ʿa temma

Literally

If you overturn the jar, the daughter comes out like her mother

What it really means

A daughter takes after her mother.

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Arabic, taken literally

القرد في عين أمه غزالThe monkey is a gazelle in its mother's eyesاللي يتلسع من الشوربة ينفخ في الزباديThe one who was burned by soup blows on yogurtنقول طور يقولوا احلبوهWe say bull, they say milk itإذا كان حبيبك عسل ما تلحسوش كلهEven if your beloved is honey, don't lick it allاحترنا يا قرعة من وين بدنا نبوسكOh bald one, we don't know where to kiss youيد واحدة لا تصفّقOne hand cannot clap