«زَيَّكْ زَيِّ غِيرَكْ»

The saying reminds a person that their situation is shared: whatever the rest of the group has had to accept, they can accept too. Going along with a common burden is not a personal failing, so no one should single them out for blame.

It works mainly as self-consolation. When people are pushed into tolerating something they would never choose, the phrase softens the sting by placing each person inside a collective fate rather than an individual humiliation. It speaks to shared burdens, not to any claim that people are interchangeable.

Say it to yourself or a companion when a whole group must swallow an unwelcome outcome, such as a shared loss or imposed rule, to ease resentment and self-blame. Said to someone resisting unfairness, it can sound dismissive or like pressure to conform.