«زَي نَخْلْ أَبُو قِيرْ دَكَرْ قُدَّامْ دَكَرْ»

The image is a grove crowded with male date palms, standing one beside another. The word for male here refers to the palms themselves, not to men. Male palms yield no fruit, so a stand made up mostly of them looks full and impressive yet gives almost no harvest.

Applied to people, the saying belittles a group that is large in number but small in usefulness. Many members are present, yet too many of them are idle or unproductive, so the whole gathering delivers far less benefit than its size would suggest.

Use it to mock a household, crew, or organization that is full of people yet accomplishes little because most members contribute nothing. It suits wry, informal remarks about crowded but unproductive groups; aimed at people who are present, it can land as a pointed insult.