Arabian proverbs

Afar, it enraptures the heart, when near, it rends the gallbladder.

The stupid might have wanted to help you, but ended up hurting you.

To threaten the brave with death is like promising water to a duck.

The person who predicts the future is lying, even when he is right.

It makes no sense to try to forge the iron whilst it is still cold.

The world is like carrion; those who love and eat from it are dogs.

He hit me, started to cry, and went straight to the judge to sue me.

He who has been bitten by a snake is scared of a rope on the ground.

Literal meaning: Give the dough to baker even if he eats half of it.

The difficult is done at once, the impossible takes a little longer.

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