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The story behind this Egyptian Proverb Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Aug 7, 2020
In today’s post, we’re going to learn a new Arabic proverb مثل (شعبي) عربي and study its use and the story behind it. >> The proverb, which is in Egyptian Arabic, is as follows: ماتروحش تبيع المية في حارة السقّايين Ma TruH-š Tbeeʕ il-mayya fi Hart is-sa2ayeen *Literal meaning المعنى الحرفي Don’t sell…