«أَنَا كْبِيرْ واِنْتَ كْبِيرْ وِمِينْ يُسُوقِ الْحِمِيرْ؟»

The saying points to the paralysis that follows when two people each insist on their own standing and neither will undertake an ordinary necessary task. Their shared self-importance leaves the work without anyone to carry it out.

It highlights the practical cost of refusing work thought to be beneath one’s dignity. However grand people may consider themselves, responsibilities remain, and matters can stall when nobody is willing to handle them.

Use it when a joint matter is being neglected because everyone involved considers the needed work beneath them. It draws attention to the need for someone to set aside pride and take responsibility for the task.