«كُل إِنْسَانْ بَرْبُورُهْ عَلَى حَنَكُهْ حِلْوْ»

The saying mocks self-indulgent judgment: people tend to approve of whatever comes from themselves, even things others would find repulsive. Its intentionally crude image is a person's own runny nose reaching the mouth and seeming sweet, a picture chosen to make blind self-regard look absurd.

Beyond personal vanity, it can point to partiality toward anything one owns or produces, such as one's own ideas, faults or creations. The tone is ironic rather than gentle, exposing how comfortably people excuse in themselves what they would quickly condemn in someone else.

Used to tease or criticize someone who praises their own work, children, opinions or habits while others find them unappealing. Its deliberately gross image suits informal talk among familiar people; aimed at a specific person, stranger or superior, it can sound coarse or insulting.