Phrases

Question 1

زيد الما زيد الدقيق

Answer 1

Add water, add flour (you can’t just add one; e.g. when you want money but don’t want to work)

Question 2

الحاجة ملي كيقلال كيعزاز

Answer 2

When something is diminished it becomes more dear to you

Question 3

أنا أمير و نتا أمير. شكون غيسوگ الحمير؟

Answer 3

I’m a prince and you’re a prince. Who’s going to drive the donkeys? (Someone has to do the stuff nobody wants to do)

Question 4

الخواف ماتخاف عليه يماه.

Answer 4

The one who’s scared, his mother isn’t concerned about him (because he knows when to draw the line; said when somebody doesn’t know when to draw the line)

Question 5

اللي بغى العسل يصبر لقريص النحل

Answer 5

He who wants honey must also endure the sting of the bee

Question 6

آش خصك العريان؟ الخواتم آمولاي.

Answer 6

What do you need, naked man? Rings, sir.

You don’t have the essentials but you’re asking for non-essentials!