«كَانِتِ الْقِدْرَه نَاقْصَه بِدِنْجَانَهْ صَبَحِتْ طَافْحَه وْمَلْيَانَهْ»

On the surface the saying describes a pot that lacked only a single eggplant, a small, ordinary vegetable, and is then declared brimming over. It can describe a person who moves from scarcity to comfort, the small gap closing until the household seems suddenly well supplied.

In practice the line usually carries mockery: the 'overflowing' pot is a jab, not genuine praise. It pokes fun at a late, modest addition, or at newfound means, being made to look far grander than it is; the joke lies in the gap between something trivial and the claim of fullness.

Say it wryly when someone who recently had little starts acting wealthy, or when a minor, newly arrived addition is treated as if it completed or transformed everything. It suits teasing among familiar people and can sound dismissive if aimed at a stranger.