«كُل شِيءْ بِالْبَخْتْ إِلَّا الْقُلْقَاسْ مَيَّه وْفَحْتْ»

On its surface, the saying claims that luck decides how most things turn out, with one exception: taro. That crop is said to need constant watering and repeated digging of the soil, a deliberate exaggeration, not farming advice, that singles it out as a plant no amount of good fortune can raise.

By extension, the line marks off certain results that depend on persistent labor rather than chance. It concedes that luck governs much of life, then points to things that only grow with patient, demanding care, and uses a humble farm image to make that contrast vivid.

Fits moments that contrast fortune with labor, for example answering someone who credits another person's success to chance when it clearly came from steady, tiring work. The taro image keeps it earthy and wry, so it suits informal talk rather than formal writing.