القرد بعين أمه غزال

Meaning: Parents see their children as beautiful no matter what.

Language: Arabic

Literally: A monkey in its mother's eyes is a gazelle

Category: Animals

Origin: Arabic proverb about parental love's distortion.

More idioms — Animals

اللي ما يعرف الصقر يشويه — Failing to recognize something valuable and destroying it.
Matar a cobra e mostrar o pau — To prove you actually did what you claim.
Noyer le poisson — To confuse the issue deliberately; to dodge a question.
Appeler un chat un chat — To call things by their proper name; to speak bluntly.
Donner sa langue au chat — To give up trying to guess the answer.
Faire d'une mouche un éléphant — To make a mountain out of a molehill; to exaggerate wildly.

على قد لحافك مد رجليك — Live within your means.
رمى بنفسه في التهلكة — Someone deliberately puts themselves in danger or a hopeless situation through recklessne…
أكل العيش والملح مع شخص — Shared intimate bond or deep friendship forged through shared hardship and simple living…
حط في بطنك بطيخة صيفي — Relax completely; do not worry about a thing.
يعمل من الحبة قبة — To blow something tiny completely out of proportion.
اللي على راسه بطحة بيحسس عليها — The guilty person gives himself away.

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