على قد لحافك مد رجليك (ʿalā qadd liḥāfik midd rijlayk)
Meaning: Live within your means.
Language: Arabic
Literally: Stretch your legs to the length of your blanket
Category: Daily Life
Origin: Arabic proverb about financial prudence.
More idioms — Daily Life
- C'est la croix et la bannière — It is an enormous effort or ordeal.
- Faire d'une pierre deux coups — To kill two birds with one stone.
- être sur des charbons ardents — Being extremely anxious or impatient about something.
- avoir un tuyau — Having inside information or a useful tip about something.
- être à court de — Lacking or running low on something essential.
- crier sur les toits — Announcing something publicly that should remain secret.
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- يعمل من الحبة قبة (Ya'mal min al-ḥabba qubba) — To blow something tiny completely out of proportion.
- اللي على راسه بطحة بيحسس عليها (illi ʿala rasu baṭḥa byiḥassis ʿalayha) — The guilty person gives himself away.
- الحبل على الكذب قصير (al-ḥabl ʿalā al-kadhib qaṣīr) — Lies never last; they are soon exposed.
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