«اِللِّي يَاكُلْ قَدِّ الزِّبِيبَهْ لَا بُهْ عَيَا وَلَا نْصِيبَهْ»

The saying dismisses a claim of illness or misfortune by treating even a small appetite as evidence that the person is not as afflicted as they say. It implies that someone able to eat has retained an ordinary sign of wellbeing.

It expresses skeptical, sometimes teasing judgment of another person’s distress against visible capacity, rather than a reliable test of health. Because it can deny or belittle real illness or crisis, it should not be used as medical guidance or as proof that someone is well.

Use it skeptically when someone claims serious illness or incapacity while still showing a basic sign of comfort or functioning, such as eating. Its teasing force can sound unsympathetic or hurtful when the person’s suffering is genuine.