«اِلْكِبَرْ عِبَرْ»

The saying treats advanced age, together with whatever comes along with it, as a source of instruction. What happens in the later years of life is framed as a set of lessons to be heeded and learned from.

Its two short rhyming words compress a general remark about growing old into a terse verdict. That compact form lets the saying be applied whenever the circumstances of old age become the topic.

Use it when conversation turns to old age and the circumstances it brings, as a brief rhyming comment that frames those circumstances as instructive rather than merely describing them.