Explore Arabic traditional proverbsReviewed 2026-10-22
Meaning: Verified- English translation
It is wiser to walk away from anything that brings no good.
- Literal wording
What has no good in it is better left.
- Meaning and lesson
The proverb recommends letting go when continued attachment offers no good. It presents departure as the sounder choice, rather than persisting with what lacks a positive quality or outcome.
Its emphasis is comparative: leaving is judged better than remaining involved. The saying can therefore express approval of stepping back once the absence of good has become the decisive consideration.
- When it is used
Used to endorse withdrawing from a matter regarded as offering no good, especially when someone is weighing whether to continue or to let it go.
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