اللی بیشرب البحر ما بغض الساقية He who has drunk the sea does not choke on a brook

A Syrian proverb from Arabic Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases: 


اللی بیشرب البحر ما بغض الساقية 
(illi biyeshrub elbahar maa bighaD elsaaqia)
Literal Meaning: He who has drunk the sea does not choke on a brook
Meaning: Someone who has done a big thing will not fear a small thing.

ناس بيأكلوا جاج ناس بيقعوا بالسياج Some people eat chicken; others fall into the hedge.

A Syrian proverb from Arabic Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
 ناس بيأكلوا جاج ناس بيقعوا بالسياج

(naas biyakalu jaaj naas biyq'u siyaaj)
Literal meaning: Some people eat chicken; others fall into the hedge ( while chasing chickens).
Meaning: Some people get the benefits; while others do all the work.

مثل بقارات جحا

Syrian proverb from Arabic Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases:

مثل بقارات جحا
(mitl baqarit jiha) 
Literal meaning: Like Joha's cow
Meaning: Describes something that drags on for a long time, i.e. a lawsuit.


This proverb comes from one of the traditional Arabic stories featuring the folk hero Joha , called Nasreddin in Persian  (read his Wikipedia article here)
These famous stories are a little like Aesop's fables in Western culture. you can read a collection of them in English here.
Jewitt describes the cow story like this in his book Arabic Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases:
" Jiha slaughtered his cow, sold his meat, and received his pay. After a while, he again demanded paymentfrom each purchaser and received it. He kept on doing this until he died."
I'm not sure why the purchases in the story kept giving Joha money, perhaps I need a more complete version of the story.