«اِلْكِرْشَهْ عَنْدِ الْمِقِلِّينْ زَفَرْ»

The saying observes that worth is judged relative to one's circumstances. A person who rarely has meat will treat tripe, a cheap and humble cut, as though it were zafar: a proper feast of meat and rich, ghee-cooked fare, not the classical sense of sighing. Scarcity makes ordinary or inferior things look precious.

In wider application, it describes how someone in need may regard a trivial gift, small sum, or modest opportunity as something great. It can be said with compassion, recognizing deprivation, or with mild irony, noting that an object's apparent value depends on who is looking at it.

Use it when someone of modest means is delighted by something others would dismiss, or to explain why a minor gift was so warmly received. It can carry sympathy or gentle irony; choose the tone carefully so it explains need rather than belittling or mocking anyone's poverty.