«سِتِّ وْجَارْيِتِينْ عَلَى قَلْيْ بِيضْتِينْ»

The saying mocks a mismatch between effort and task: a mistress and two servant girls gather to do something as slight as frying just two eggs. The word for the servants can carry the historical sense of enslaved women; the image reflects an older household order and is not an endorsement of it.

More broadly, it can be aimed at any situation where many hands, much fuss, or elaborate arrangements are devoted to something of little value or importance, implying that the attention given is out of proportion and that one person could easily manage it alone.

Use it to tease, gently or pointedly, when a group crowds around a tiny chore, such as several colleagues coordinating a two-line email or relatives all helping to set out one plate.