- English translation
The hashish crowd never goes without: when grape season is over, along come the figs.
- Literal wording
It is not cut off from the hashish-eaters: the grapes run out, the figs come along.
- Meaning and lesson
The saying claims that certain people are never left wanting, as if some unnamed fortune looks after them. Hashish-eaters, drawn here from a stock image of their sweet tooth, find a new fruit ripening the moment the last runs out, so every craving meets the next convenient supply.
More broadly, it expresses the sense that matters are unfolding exactly as one would wish. Grapes giving way to figs marks successive seasons of sweet fruit, so the point is uninterrupted supply. The proverb names that smooth, almost suspiciously lucky continuity in a joking way; it does not endorse drug use.
- When it is used
Fits moments when circumstances keep lining up conveniently, especially when one pleasant opportunity ends just as another appears. The tone is light and teasing, suiting remarks about someone whose wants always seem to be met. Avoid it in solemn settings or where drug references would offend.
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