«غَالْيَهْ مَاتِتْ»

The saying treats a spell of expensive living as something that has finally perished. It refers to prices, not to the death of a person, and is said once prices have fallen and the hard season of costly goods is over.

Beyond noting that things have become cheaper, it expresses a hopeful wish. Calling the costliness dead amounts to hoping that the high prices are gone for good and will not come back.

Use it when prices have dropped after a hard, expensive stretch. It works as a cheerful remark among people relieved at the change, hoping that the costly days will not return.