«خَلَّصْ تَارَكْ مِنْ جَارَكْ»

The proverb mocks misplaced retaliation. Someone has been wronged but cannot reach the true culprit, who is either far away or too strong. So the person lashes out at whoever happens to be close by. Here that is a neighbor, chosen only for being near, who did nothing wrong.

Its command form is ironic and does not recommend revenge. Instead, it describes and criticizes the habit of making an innocent, convenient target pay for another person's offense. The saying exposes that kind of revenge as unjust.

Use it as a sarcastic remark when someone vents anger or exacts punishment on a bystander, subordinate, or relative because the real offender is out of reach or too powerful to confront.