«غَدْوَهْ فِي الصِّعِيدْ مَا هِيَّاشْ بِعِيدْ»

The speaker pretends that a midday meal waiting in far-off Upper Egypt, a byword for a long and arduous journey, is just around the corner. Here غدوة means lunch, not 'tomorrow' as in some other Arabic varieties. It is the voice of a sponger whose hunger for free food makes any distance or difficulty seem trivial.

More broadly, the saying mocks anyone who willingly endures great trouble to gratify a craving or desire. It is not genuine encouragement to persevere. Instead, it ironically exposes how appetite distorts judgment by contrasting great effort with a trivial reward.

Use it teasingly about someone who takes on absurd effort, long trips, or obvious hardship just to satisfy an appetite or whim, especially a free meal. It suits informal Egyptian conversation and carries gentle mockery rather than praise.