«اِلْحِدَّايَهْ مَا تِرْمِيشْ كَتَاكِيتْ»

The proverb points out that some hopes are absurd from the start. A kite, the bird of prey rather than the toy, hunts and devours young chickens, so expecting it to drop them as gifts for people turns its nature upside down. The saying targets a person who waits for generosity where none could ever come.

More broadly, it warns against expecting someone to give up what they most covet. A greedy, grasping, or self-interested party will hold onto the prize, not hand it out. Hoping otherwise is wishful thinking, and the speaker treats it as plainly hopeless.

Use it when someone expects a favor or a handout from a person who craves that very thing. The tone is wry or dismissive, mocking the hope rather than the hoper's character. A rhetorical-question variant, roughly 'Since when does a kite toss down chicks?!', keeps the sense with sharper sarcasm.