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Arabic · Arabic scriptProverb: Verified

«لزْقَهْ بغِرَا»

Meanings

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Meaning: Verified
English translation

Glued to someone's side

Literal wording

Stuck on with glue

Meaning and lesson

The picture is of something bonded to a surface with adhesive, so firmly that it will not come loose. Turned toward people, the phrase portrays someone who keeps constantly at another person's side and never pulls away from them.

The weight of the image falls on how persistent and unbroken the attachment is. The glue suggests a closeness that is hard to undo; the phrase itself states no motive or attitude behind it, only the constant clinging.

When it is used

Use it to describe someone who stays close to one particular person at all times, following or accompanying them wherever they go. The phrase is aimed at the one who clings, not at the person who is being clung to.

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