«طُولْ عُمْرَكْ يَا رِدَا وِانْتَ كِدَا»

The speaker addresses a garment as if it were a person and remarks that it has always been just as it is now. The cloak is only a stand-in: the remark targets anyone, or any state of affairs, that has stayed fixed over time, with no change in character, behavior, or circumstances.

Most often the phrase carries a critical edge, pointing to a persistent shortcoming: a bad habit that never fades, a difficult temper, or a poor condition that never gets better. The two halves end in rhyming sounds, ridā and kidā, which gives the reproach a neat, teasing ring.

Say it about someone whose conduct or circumstances have stayed the same for as long as anyone remembers, typically when that sameness is a flaw or a misfortune. It works as a mild reproach toward a person who never mends their ways.