«عَامِلْ عَايِقْ وِمِدَّايِقْ»

The saying sketches a person who puts on airs: dressed with fussy care, pleased with his own looks, and at the same time wearing a sour, withdrawn expression. Both traits are presented as a pose he adopts rather than something natural to him.

The gloomy reserve is a performed aloofness, not genuine distress, read as a signal of imagined rank. By acting put out with others, he suggests he is too refined for their company, so the phrase mocks vanity that shows itself through deliberate coldness.

Aim it at someone whose polished appearance comes bundled with a sulky, standoffish manner toward people around them. It works as a teasing or critical remark about affected superiority, so expect it to sting if said directly to the person described.