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Arabic · Arabic scriptProverb: Verified

«اِللِّي مَا مَا لَكْ فِيهْ، إِيشْ لَكْ بِيهْ»

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Meaning: Verified
English translation

If it does not concern you, stay out of it.

Literal wording

What is not yours to deal with—what business do you have with it?

Meaning and lesson

The saying counsels a person to leave alone a matter that does not concern them. It directs attention away from affairs outside one's own proper involvement.

The saying is built as a rhetorical question rather than a bare command. By asking what stake the listener holds, it leads them to answer 'none' for themselves, so the advice works as an appeal to reason.

When it is used

Use it to tell someone not to become involved in an issue that is not their concern. It conveys a direct instruction to keep out of that matter.

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