رب صدفة خير من ألف ميعاد

A proverb from Oriee on the allthelyrics.com forums:


  رب صدفة خير من ألف ميعاد
Literal Meaning:A coincidence could be better than a thousand meetings.
Meaning:Said when someone tries and fails to achieve something, only to have it come to them by accident. It sounds like "When God closes a door, he opens a window." 

روح فاضي وتعا ملان

Syrian proverb from Arabic Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases:


روح فاضي وتعا ملان
(ruh faaDi wa t'ua melan)
Literal meaning: Go out empty and come back full.
Meaning: Said to people who are tightfisted with their family.I think it is equivalent to the English "Charity begins at home"

رجل بلا حيلة كما تفق بلا فتيلة

Another Omani proverb from Ayna on the englishsabla.com forums.


رجل بلا حيلة كما تفق بلا فتيلة
(rajul bila heela kama tafeq bila feteela)
Literal meaning: A man without a plan, is like a gun without a bullet.
Meaning:Used when coming across people that can't think for themselves, or have plans for themselves.


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