«اِلْعَرَبِ الرَّحَّالَهْ تِعْرَفْ طَرِيقِ الْمَيَّهْ»

Roaming desert folk, the Bedouin, whose lives are spent on the move, learn through constant necessity exactly where water can be found; the image concerns this way of life, not Arabs as a nation. The saying uses it to claim that steady, practical involvement in any activity gives a person command over details that remain obscure to others.

The water stands simply for what a traveler needs most, not for any one particular resource. Applied broadly, the saying suggests that the hidden difficulties of a craft or task do not baffle someone who handles it regularly. Familiarity earned by doing reveals the concealed path to what one needs.

Use it when someone with long hands-on experience easily finds a solution that puzzles outsiders, or to reassure others that a seasoned practitioner can be trusted to find the way. It praises acquired know-how rather than inborn talent.