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Arabic · Arabic scriptProverb: Verified

«يِجْرَحْ وِيْدَاوِي»

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Meaning: Verified
English translation

He cuts you, then bandages you.

Literal wording

He wounds and he treats the wound.

Meaning and lesson

The saying describes a person who causes harm through words or actions and then follows it with apparent kindness. The remedy is not a true change of heart. It belongs to the same scheme as the injury, a way to disarm the victim and keep control.

As a judgment, it exposes a two-faced pattern. The speaker suggests that the later gentleness should not be trusted, because it is a tactic of cunning and deception. The hurt and the healing come from the same hand and serve the same calculating purpose.

When it is used

Use it of anyone, man or woman, who repeatedly hurts others and then soothes them to keep influence, avoid blame, or set up the next move. It fits warnings and wry commentary about manipulation, not sincere apologies.

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