«قَشِّشْ عَلَى مَيِّتَكْ تِسْخَنْ»

The saying urges a person to look after their own concerns and keep working at them, even with meager resources. The image is of heating water with stray bits of straw and broken twigs rather than real firewood; steady, modest attention is enough to bring a situation gradually into good order.

It also discourages waiting for ideal conditions before acting: small contributions accumulate until one's affairs warm up and come right. The key word means water here, though in writing it can resemble 'your dead one'; reading the saying as being about death or mourning would be a mistake.

Fits moments when someone feels their means are too small to matter, such as a modest budget, limited time, or a slow project. It nudges them to keep tending the matter steadily with whatever they have, trusting that small, persistent inputs will bring it to a workable state.