«اِللِّي يَاكُلْ عَلَى دِرْسُهْ يِنْفَعْ نَفْسُهْ»

The proverb praises taking personal responsibility for what concerns one’s own welfare. A person gains most directly by doing the necessary work for himself rather than leaving that essential task to someone else.

Its image of a molar figuratively refers to handling one’s own necessary affairs and presents eating with one’s own teeth as self-directed effort. Where well-being depends on action, waiting for another person to act does not bring the same benefit.

Used to advise someone to take charge of a personal need or responsibility rather than depending on another person to settle it for them. The figurative image of a molar underscores direct individual effort where that effort is needed to secure a useful result.