«هِيَّ الْحِدَّايَهْ بِتِرْمِي كَتَاكِيتْ؟»

The saying asks, as a rhetorical question, whether a kite has ever let go of a chick it has snatched. The expected answer is no. Kites seize chicks to eat them, so the image is about a predator holding on to its prey, not about generosity in general.

Applied to people, it describes someone so greedy and grasping that hoping for a favor, a gift, or a share from them is pointless. It warns listeners not to wait for anything from such a person.

Say it as a rhetorical question about a covetous or tight-fisted person when someone hopes to get something from them. It is a wry, skeptical remark expecting the answer no and dismissing that hope.