«يِفْتَحُوهَا الْفِيرَانْ يِقَعُوا فِيهَا التِّيرَانْ»

The saying sets small creatures against large ones. Tiny mice burrow holes that cost them nothing, but heavy bulls are the ones who stumble into those holes and get hurt. Trouble started by the weak or insignificant can end up catching the strong and important.

In social terms, it points to how mischief, careless acts, or quarrels begun by minor people can spread upward. Those with more weight, status, or responsibility are then left to absorb the damage, even though the original act seemed too slight to matter.

Use it when minor players or juniors start a problem and the heavier consequences land on senior figures who had no part in it, as a wry complaint or warning. Applied to named people, it casts them as the 'mice', which can sound belittling.