«كُل دَقْنْ وِلْهَا مِشْطْ»

The saying uses an ordinary grooming image: each beard is paired with a comb suited to it. From this it draws a general principle that every thing, person, or situation has its own fitting counterpart or remedy. What suits one case will not necessarily suit another.

In practice, the proverb argues for matching means to circumstances. A speaker can invoke it to say that a particular difficulty needs its own kind of handling, or that whatever someone faces has a suitable means of dealing with it.

Fits moments when someone stresses that a task, person, or problem calls for its own particular tool or treatment, or that whatever exists has a fitting counterpart. It suits informal conversation, especially when pushing back against a one-size-fits-all approach.