«كُلِّ حْمَارَةْ سَابِتْ وَدُّوهَا بِيتَ ابُو نَابِتْ»

The saying describes a person who becomes the usual stopping place for anyone idle or aimless. Like stray animals always led to the same yard, people with no work or purpose seem to end up at this one person's door. Abu Nabit is a stock name, not any real or known individual.

Its tone is mocking or rueful, helped by the rhyming endings sābit and nābit. It may tease the person who attracts such company, or complain about the stream of loafers who keep turning up there. Either way, the house is pictured as a catch-all for whatever wanders loose.

Use it, often wryly or in complaint, about someone whose door is open to every idler and drifter, such as a host, patron, or soft-hearted relative. Because it likens people to loose she-donkeys, it can insult those described; take care saying it near them.