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Arabic · Arabic scriptProverb: Verified

«اِللِّي تْخُوضُهْ إِنْتَ يِغْرَقْ فِيهْ غِيرَكْ»

Meanings

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Meaning: Verified
English translation

What is easy for you may overwhelm someone else.

Literal wording

What you wade through, someone else may drown in.

Meaning and lesson

The saying cautions against judging another person’s difficulty by one’s own ability. What one person can get through without much trouble may be far more difficult for someone else.

It urges consideration for others rather than dismissing their struggle as insignificant. A person should remember that the same challenge need not be equally manageable for everyone.

When it is used

Used when someone treats another person’s struggle as trivial because they found a similar situation easy. It calls for patience and a less dismissive response to differing limits.

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