109 Sayings of Palestinian Origin

1. "He who takes a monkey for his money, the money shall go and the monkey shall remain." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

2. "If you feed the mouth, the eye becomes shy." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

3. "Too far for jackals? No worthwhile tree here!" (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

4. "Go with the powerful and people will kneel before you." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

5. "The sad has come for joy, she found no place to take her." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

6. "No one can chop the head off, apart from that who put it on." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

7. "The neighbor before the house." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

8. "People with people, and the cat with the souls." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

9. "You will not dare mistreating the face you see in the morning." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

10. "One hand doesn't clap." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

11. "Tie the monkey where his master tells you." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

12. "Those who dig an evil hole will fall into it." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

13. "Do good and throw it in the sea." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

14. "A bird in the hand is better than ten on the tree." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

15. "He's as tall as a palm tree and his brains as small as a sheep's." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

16. "Stay away, you will become sweeter." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

17. "He who gets in between the onion and its shell shall come out with its stinking smell." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

18. "Only the soil knows when a young mouse is ill." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

19. "Where there is abundance, there is poverty." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

20. "Your tongue is your horse, if you take care of it it'll take care of you, and if you offend it will offend you." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

21. "The heart is a tree; it grows where it wants." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

22. "The house is our father's and the strangers came to kick us out." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

23. "Hit the iron while it's still hot." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

24. "Sell what you have bought while the dust is still on your shoes." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

25. "Drum near a deaf." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

26. "Nock on the door before entering." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

27. "Keep away from trouble and sing to it." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

28. "Don't ask the singer to sing until he wishes to sing by himself." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

29. "Tether the horse near the donkey, and he will learn either to “hee” or to “haw”." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

30. "Who has no past, has no future." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

31. "He who has Henna can use it for his donkey's ear." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

32. "Every bad bean has its seller." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

33. "The shoe-mender is bare-footed and the weaver is naked." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

34. "Blood can never turn into water." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

35. "The eye can't go any higher than the eyebrow." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

36. "Keep your hand tight, you won't bleed and you won't weep." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

37. "Kissing hands is fooling beards." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

38. "Blow in a torn bagpipe." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

39. "Away from the eye, away from the mind." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

40. "The eye will often wander the road that love has taught." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

41. "The eye is the one that eats." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

42. "We tell him it's a Taurus, he says milk it." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

43. "We came out of the Carnival without Chickpeas, one arm in front, one arm behind." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

44. "Truth is comfort." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

45. "He couldn't manage the donkey, he managed its saddle." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

46. "Hit two birds with one stone." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

47. "Look for a needle in a haystack." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

48. "Stay with the measurer until he reaches the door." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

49. "If you have no shame, do whatever you please." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

50. "Once deep pools, now a crossing place." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

51. "Nobody is perfect." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

52. "Ground be stronger, none walks on you like myself." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

53. "Choose the neighbor before the house." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

54. "The eye of a master does more work than both his hands." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

55. "Wonder they don't like, and Rajab they don't fast." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

56. "Far from grave, no praying." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

57. "Long ago did not live long ago." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

58. "He came to draw eyeliner on her eyes, he blinded her instead." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

59. "The pan found its lid." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

60. "A chicken dug in the soil, and the dirt came onto her head." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

61. "Like you've gone, like you've come back." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

62. "The eye sees, but the hand can't reach." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

63. "I've called you to help, I found you in need for help." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

64. "IF only I were a bird! Ah, but eating caterpillars?" (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

65. "Every eye has its look." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

66. "The one who loves does not hate." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

67. "Your close neighbor is better than your faraway brother." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

68. "If you sit at a crossroads, you will get sick." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

69. "The bald (woman) shows off her niece's hair." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

70. "Care now, be cared for later." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

71. "My heart goes out for my son like fire, and my son's heart goes out for me like stone." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

72. "He's come to sell water in a mall of water-carriers." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

73. "He who has a flask on his head can keep touching it." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

74. "Keep your white penny for your black day." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

75. "Every sheep is hung by its own leg." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

76. "Didn't see them stealing, saw them sorting their shares." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

77. "The ignorant is his own enemy." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

78. "Seven trades and luck is lost." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

79. "The Carpenter's door is broken." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

80. "Rima's back to her old habit." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

81. "Nobody will plough the land except its cows." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

82. "Stay away from the evil and sing to it." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

83. "The further you are, the dearer you become." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

84. "Like the good seek the better, the bad seek the worse, can still make a match." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

85. "Kiss the dog on his mouth until you get what you need out of him." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

86. "Pride is the mask of our sins." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

87. "Do not drink poison to quench a thirst." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

88. "Behind every mysterious thing is a disaster." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

89. "We walk by the walls and ask God for shelter." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

90. "Stretch your legs as long as your quilt can cover." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

91. "He who has a house of glass throws no people with stones." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

92. "Ask an experienced, and don't ask a philosopher." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

93. "Don't just cross a river, cross it bearing fire." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

94. "The unlucky and the hopeless have come together." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

95. "Whatever is written on the forehead is always seen." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

96. "One thumb alone does not kill a louse." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

97. "A monkey is a deer in his mom's eye." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

98. "The advice is for you, neighbor, and listen daughter-in-law." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

99. "There will be a day for the oppressor when he will be crushed like garlic." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

100. "If speech is silver, silence is golden." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

101. "Whatever man had done, man may do." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

102. "Turn the jar onto its mouth, the girl will resemble her mom." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

103. "A dog's tail will never straighten out." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

104. "She who trusts men is one who carries water in a riddle." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

105. "Too many chefs burn the food." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

106. "Do good if you expect to receive it." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

107. "Do not drink from a well and throw a stone into it." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

108. "A friend in need is a friend indeed." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

109. "The empty gives the way to the full." (Palestinian Sayings) Click to tweet