فتحناله، دخل بحماره

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Literally: “we opened [our door] to him and he came in with his donkey”.

Phrase

فتحناله، دخل بحماره • (fataḥnā-lo, daḵal bi-ḥmāro)

  1. give them an inch and they'll take a mile[1]

References

  1. ^ J. Elihay (2012) The Olive Tree Dictionary: A Transliterated dictionary of Conversational Eastern Arabic, Minerva Publishing House, →ISBN, page 190
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