«قِيرَاطْ فِي اللَّحْمَهْ وَلَا فَدَّانْ فِي امِّ الْكُرُوشْ»

The saying ranks quality above quantity. A sliver of something genuinely good is presented as worth more than a vast amount of something inferior, so a person should not be dazzled by size or volume when the substance itself is poor.

The image applies land measures to cuts of an animal. A single qirat, one twenty-fourth of a feddan, of real meat is weighed against a whole feddan of the paunch, a cheap cut. A common variant names the fatty sheep's tail instead, with the same lesson.

Fits moments of choosing between modest quality and abundant mediocrity, such as a purchase, a job offer or a portion of food. Speakers use it to justify passing on a bigger but poorer option, or to advise someone tempted by sheer quantity.