«حِلَّهَا بْإِيدَكْ أَوْلَى مَا تْحِلَّهَا بِسْنَانَكْ»

The picture is of a knot. While it is still loose, fingers can undo it with little trouble; once it has tightened, a person may be reduced to gripping it with the teeth, a slower, clumsier and more laborious way to get it open. The teeth stand for strain and awkwardness, not aggression.

The lesson concerns timing, not avoiding the task. Any matter has a stage when it yields easily, and that stage passes. Attending to things while they remain manageable is wiser than waiting until only strained, awkward measures will work, because the effort required grows as the chance for an easy solution slips away.

Offer it when someone keeps putting off a matter that could be settled easily today. It nudges them to act before the problem hardens and calls for much greater effort, and it lands best as practical, well-meant advice rather than scolding.