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Arabic · Arabic scriptProverb: Verified

«إِيشْ جَابْ لِجَابْ؟!»

Meanings

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Meaning: Verified
English translation

How can these two be compared?!

Literal wording

What brought this to that?

Meaning and lesson

The saying rejects a comparison between two people or things when the difference in quality, standing, or merit is too great for the comparison to seem reasonable.

It emphasizes that placing an inferior example beside a clearly better one is misleading. The response conveys surprise or dismissal rather than offering a balanced evaluation.

When it is used

Use it when someone compares a person or thing with another that is plainly superior. It can be said rhetorically to challenge the comparison and stress the wide gap between them.

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