«اِلشِّحَاتَهْ طَبْعْ»

The saying claims that begging, in the sense of habitually asking others for gifts, money or favors, springs from a person's inborn character rather than from real need. On this view, someone so disposed keeps soliciting whatever their means, even when they are not poor.

It belongs with sayings that present meanness and similar vices as ingrained. It voices a traditional judgment that such behavior is fixed in a person's makeup; it is a verdict on character, not an established fact about anyone who asks others for help.

Said of someone who keeps asking others for money, food or favors even when they could manage without, implying the habit reflects character rather than circumstance. Because it judges a person's character, applying it to someone is likely to be taken as an insult.