«كِدْبِ مْسَاوِي وَلَا سِدْقِ مْبَعْزَقْ»

The saying ranks a false account whose parts fit neatly together above a true account told in a disjointed, jumbled way. It suggests that listeners tend to judge a story by how smoothly it connects rather than by whether it actually happened.

The contrast concerns how well an account holds together, not a general claim that lying is better than truth. It voices a cynical view of how stories are received and should be read as a dry observation about persuasion, not as endorsed moral advice.

Fits situations where a coherent false story gains acceptance while a truthful but muddled one is doubted. Because it appears to favour deception, it is best applied as a remark about how people judge accounts, not as guidance on how to speak.