«زِيتْنَا فِي دْقِيقْنَا»

The saying pictures a self-contained household staple: the oil and the flour both belong to the same people. It describes an arrangement that stays inside one circle, where everything needed is already on hand, so nothing has to be brought in from outside.

By extension it carries a note of self-reliance and closeness within the group. Its sense is best kept to self-sufficiency and keeping matters among those involved, rather than stretched to describe particular social customs or practices.

Fits moments when a group, family, or set of partners settles a matter using only their own people and means, or wants to stress that no outsider was needed.