«عَمَلْ لُهْ شَرْدْ فِي غَلِّينِي»

The saying pictures someone conjuring a fierce wind, in the sailor's sense of a strong gale, out of perfectly still, windless air. The image rests on that contrast: a person creates trouble from nothing, turning a calm situation into a storm of contention.

In practice it faults whoever stirs up discord or quarrels without cause. The point is that the conflict had no basis at all: everything was quiet until the troublemaker manufactured a problem and set people against one another.

Use this to criticize someone who invents a dispute where none existed, turning a peaceful situation into needless conflict. It suits complaints about troublemakers and gossips, not genuine disagreements. The phrasing does not settle whether the person affected is the quarrel's target or merely caught up in it.