Explore Arabic traditional proverbsReviewed 2026-10-02
Sense: Verified- English translation
Everyone is here now; the gathering is complete.
- Literal wording
The dear ones have gathered, and no one is absent anymore.
- Meaning and lesson
The saying marks a gathering as complete. The people who make up the group have come together, and no one remains away.
Its emphasis is on the group as a whole rather than on any one arrival. The absence of the last missing person is what makes it possible to say that everyone is present.
- When it is used
It can be said when the people expected at a gathering have all arrived, particularly after those who were missing join the others. It draws attention to the completed group without specifying the occasion.
- Register
- colloquial
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