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Arabic · Arabic scriptProverb: Verified

«إِيدْ عَلَى إِيدْ تِكِيدْ»

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Meaning: Verified
English translation

When hands join together, they become more formidable.

Literal wording

A hand upon a hand schemes.

Meaning and lesson

The saying expresses the force created when people act together. Coordinated effort can achieve an effect that one person, working alone, would be less able to produce.

It is often used in a cautionary sense of collective plotting or opposition: a group’s scheme may be more damaging or difficult to resist than an individual’s. Its emphasis is on the added power of united action, not merely on friendly assistance.

When it is used

Use it when explaining that several people acting in concert have greater influence, especially when their combined maneuvering, pressure, or hostility poses a stronger threat than any one person’s actions. Although joined hands may suggest cooperation, the saying often has this cautionary implication.

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