«خَاطِرِ الْأَعْمَى قُفِّةْ عُيُونْ»

People set their hearts most firmly on the very thing they are missing. For someone without sight, no wish outranks seeing again, so his desire is pictured as eyes gathered up by the basketful.

The basket enlarges the wish beyond a single pair of eyes, a deliberate overstatement that conveys how intense and all-consuming the longing is for someone deprived of what others take for granted.

Suits remarks about someone whose deepest wish centres on something they lack. Because the image rests on blindness, aiming it at a person with a visual impairment can sound mocking rather than observational, so it is better kept for figurative cases.