«خُدْ مِنْ دِيلِ الشَّب وِارْخِي عَ الْفَرْقِلَّهْ»

The picture is of a farmer who needs a braided whip on a wooden handle to drive his young bull or water buffalo at the plough, and who draws the hair for it from that very animal's tail. The beast being worked provides what is needed to work it, so nothing has to be fetched from elsewhere.

More broadly, the saying advises meeting a task's needs with resources the task already contains. It praises thrift and self-reliance: turn what a matter itself offers to serve that matter, instead of spending effort or money seeking outside help.

Fits moments when someone wants to handle a job using means the job itself supplies, rather than seeking materials or help from outside. It can be offered as practical advice to make do with what lies close at hand.