«اِللِّي يْقُولْ لِمْرَاتُهْ: يَا عُورَهْ تِلْعَبْ بِهَا النَّاسِ الْكُورَهْ»

When a husband insults his wife or taunts her over perceived flaws, he may diminish the regard others show her. His own disparagement can encourage other people to treat her with less respect.

The saying warns that degrading a wife can make her a target for wider ridicule and scorn. Its ball-playing image is figurative, suggesting that others may treat her as an object of mockery or disrespect.

Used, in its traditional husband-and-wife framing, to warn against insulting a wife or dwelling on her perceived faults, because such disparagement may lead other people to disrespect or mock her.