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Arabic · Arabic scriptProverb: Verified

«بِنْتِ السَّايِغْ اِشْتَهتْ عَلَى ابُوهَا مِزَنَّقَهْ»

Meanings

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Meaning: Verified
English translation

A jeweler’s daughter longs for an ornament her father can readily make.

Literal wording

The jeweler’s daughter wished her father would make her a double-strand pearl necklace.

Meaning and lesson

The saying concerns a person who desires something that can be obtained with little difficulty through someone close to them. It highlights the oddity of wanting as a distant wish what is already readily available through that person's position or ability.

Its image centers on a jeweler whose work directly provides the double-strand pearl necklace his daughter wants. The proverb therefore points to a desire whose fulfillment is unusually easy because the needed skill or provision is already present in the family.

When it is used

Use it of someone who longs for or requests something easily obtainable through a close person’s particular skill, work, or resources. It draws attention to how near and available the desired thing already is, rather than endorsing assumptions about any family or occupation.

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