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ArabicArabic scriptExpression: Verified

«آخِرْ خِدْمِةْ الغُز عَلْقَةْ»

Meanings

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Sense: Verified
English translation

You serve the Ghuzz, and they send you off with a beating.

Literal wording

Service to the Ghuzz ends with a beating.

Meaning and lesson

The saying pictures someone giving their labor to others and receiving blows when that service ends. What should have been a moment of thanks becomes one of injury.

It condemns the unfairness of repaying useful or loyal work with harm. The contrast between the worker’s effort and the final treatment gives the saying its force.

When it is used

Use it to express indignation when someone’s work is met with punishment or harsh treatment rather than gratitude, particularly as that work comes to an end.

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