«زَيِّ النَّمْل يِشِيلَ اكْبَرْ مِنُّهْ»

The saying compares a person to an ant, a tiny creature that hauls loads larger than its own body. The final pronoun points back to the carrier: the load outweighs the one bearing it. The point is strength out of proportion to size, shouldering burdens that seem beyond what one's stature would allow.

The image rests on contrast rather than size alone. Smallness is not a weakness here; it makes the capacity to bear weight more striking. The phrase therefore credits the subject with real endurance and the ability to carry heavy loads others might not expect them to manage.

Use it to describe someone who takes on burdens far greater than their own size or apparent means would suggest, with the ant as the model of outsized carrying power. It fits remarks about a person's surprising capacity to bear heavy loads.