«غُزِّ الْكِرَا مَا يْحَارْبُوشْ»

A fighter who takes up arms for pay has no real stake in the outcome. The point is his motivation, not his skill: when danger peaks he has little reason to stand firm, defending neither home nor people, only a wage useless to him if he falls.

More broadly, the saying warns that commitment cannot simply be bought. Anyone acting purely for a fee, with nothing personal on the line, tends to give a half-hearted effort, whereas people protecting what is truly theirs will hold their ground.

Use it skeptically when hired fighters or helpers seem unlikely to commit themselves fully to dangerous work because their interest lies in payment rather than the cause. The saying uses the historical Ghuzz as its example and carries an unflattering generalization about paid commitment.