يد واحدة لا تصفق

Meaning: Nothing is achieved without cooperation.

Language: Arabic

Literally: One hand does not clap

Category: Body & Senses

Origin: Clapping requires two hands, a widely used Arabic image for the need to work together.

More idioms — Body & Senses

• नाक में दम करना — To harass or pester relentlessly.
• מצא חן בעיניי — It pleased me; I liked it.
• Дати драла — To run away fast.
• Anar a pams — To proceed carefully, step by step.
• Tocar el dos — To clear off; to leave in a hurry.
• Að leggja höfuðið í bleyti — To sleep on a problem and think hard about it.

More Arabic idioms

• الجمل ما يشوف عوجة رقبته — People are blind to their own faults.
• تمخض الجبل فولد فأرا — A huge fuss producing a tiny result.
• يضرب في حديد بارد — To waste effort on a hopeless task.
• القرد بعين أمه غزال — Parents see their children as beautiful no matter what.
• اللي ما يعرف الصقر يشويه — Failing to recognize something valuable and destroying it.
• على قد لحافك مد رجليك — Live within your means.

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