«مِنْ حَلِّ حْزَامُهْ بَاتْ»

Drawn from traditional hospitality, this colloquial saying pictures a guest who unfastens his belt during a visit. Its past-tense wording states a general rule rather than one event: once he gets comfortable, the household knows he means to stay overnight, even before he says so. The gesture speaks for him.

More broadly, it describes anyone whose conduct reveals a plan they have not openly stated. A preliminary step is read as a clear signal of what follows.

Use when someone's small preparatory act gives away what they plan to do, such as a visitor making himself comfortable or a colleague clearing his desk. It works as a knowing, often lightly teasing remark that their intention is already obvious; the belt image is traditional, not a current custom.