«عِيبْهُمْ قِلِّتْهُمْ»

The saying praises money by pretending to criticize it. Its one complaint is that there is never enough. The unstated "them" refers to money, not to any group of people, so the line is not a remark about a community being few or flawed. Money is otherwise wholly desirable, and its only shortcoming is scarcity.

Because money is never named, the humor depends on the listener supplying the missing subject; spelling it out flattens the playful understatement. The line works as an ironic sigh about tight finances and a light acknowledgment that nobody really objects to having more.

Suits a wry remark about being short of cash, or a joke when someone praises wealth or complains about expenses. The speaker relies on listeners to supply the missing word, money, so it works best among people who already know the saying.