«سِكِتْنَا لُه دَخَلْ بِحْمَارُهْ»

The picture is of someone admitted into a home with no protest, who then treats that silence as an open door and leads his donkey inside as well. The donkey stands for an unwelcome extra imposition: a modest allowance, quietly given, grows into a far bolder one.

Applied to people, it criticizes those whom mild treatment only emboldens: patience or kindness shown to them becomes an invitation to claim more than is their due. The blame falls on the one abusing goodwill, not on hospitality itself, though the saying hints that keeping quiet can carry a cost.

Say it when someone granted a small favor or tolerated without complaint goes on to take liberties and demand more. It serves as a wry rebuke of the person pushing too far, not advice to treat guests harshly, and can admit one's own leniency helped invite it.