الجمل ما يشوف عوجة رقبته

Meaning: People are blind to their own faults.

Language: Arabic

Literally: The camel can't see the bend in its own neck

Category: Animals

Origin: The camel's crooked neck is obvious to everyone but itself, picturing our blindness to our own flaws.

More idioms — Animals

• आ बैल मुझे मार — To deliberately invite trouble upon yourself.
• گربه را دم حجله کشتن — To assert authority firmly from the very start.
• จับปลาสองมือ — To chase two goals at once and risk losing both.
• Cõng rắn cắn gà nhà — To bring in an outsider who harms your own people.
• Jakkals trou met wolf se vrou — A sunshower — rain while the sun shines.
• Koeitjies en kalfies — Idle small talk.

More Arabic idioms

• 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.
• رمى بنفسه في التهلكة — Someone deliberately puts themselves in danger or a hopeless situation through recklessne…

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