«غُرَابْ ضَمَنْ حِدَّايَهْ، قَالْ: الِاتْنِينْ طَيَّارِينْ»

The saying ridicules a guarantee that rests on someone no more dependable than the person being guaranteed. When one slippery party stands surety for another, the pledge gives no real security, because either could fly off at any moment. The image depends only on both birds being able to fly away, not on wider symbolism for either.

More broadly, it warns against accepting assurances from people who share the same faults. Two unreliable people backing each other add up to double the risk, not added safety. The observer's reply, that both of them can fly, exposes the empty pledge with a short, wry remark. A related variant reverses the birds' roles with the same point.

Use this as a dry or mocking comment when an unreliable person offers to vouch for someone equally unreliable. It suits talk about loans, promises, or recommendations where the guarantee is as shaky as the person it covers.