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Arabic · Arabic scriptProverb: Verified

«تُمُوتِ الْغَازِيَّهْ وِصْبَاعْهَا يُرقُصْ»

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Meaning: Verified
English translation

A habit clings to a person right to the very end.

Literal wording

The dancing woman dies, yet her finger keeps dancing.

Meaning and lesson

Behavior repeated over a long time becomes so much a part of someone that giving it up is extremely hard. The saying makes this point by suggesting that an ingrained practice can persist even past the end of life itself.

The expression works through deliberate exaggeration: the performer is gone, yet one small part of her carries on with the familiar movement. The picture is not meant literally; it dramatizes how stubbornly a long-standing habit holds on.

When it is used

Apply it to someone who cannot shake off a long-practiced habit, using overstatement to stress how deeply that behavior is rooted. It fits remarks about persistent customs or mannerisms rather than literal talk of dying.

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