الحماره حمارتنا ونركب على الذيل

Ayna  from the englishsabla.com forums provides this Omani proverb:


 الحمارة حمارتنا ونركب على الذيل
(alHamaara Hamaaratna wa narakabu 'ala aldheel)
Literal meaning: The donkey is ours, but we ride on it's tail
Meaning: used when you own something you never get to use, instead other people use it. If you can think of an English equivalent, comment below.

حِلْم القُطَط كُلُّه فِرَان

An Egyptian Arabic proverb from http://www.egyptianarabic.com/.


  حِلْم القُطَط كُلُّه فِرَان
(Hilm ilquTaT kullu firaan)
Literal meaning:The dream of cats is all mice
Meaning:To have a one track mind

حامل السلّم بالعرض

Another Lebanese proverb from http://www.cedarseed.com.


حامل السلّم بالعرض
(Haamala alsallam bil'arD)
Literal meaning: He carries the ladder sideways.
Meaning: Said of someone who makes things more complicated than they have to be. In English you might say "does things the hard way" 

الحرب بالنظارات هين

Another Syrian proverb from Arabic Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases:

Taken by Professor Fumolatro: 2006

 .الحرب بالنظارات هين
(alharb bil nathaarat heen).
Literal Meaning: Conducting war is easy when you have a telescope.
Meaning: It is easy to known what to do when you can see everything at once. In English, "Hindsight is 20/20."

حج والناس راجعون

taken by Roba Al-Assi: 2009

This proverb comes from wikiquote. Do you know what country it's from? Comment below.


حج والناس راجعون
(Hajja wa alnas raaja'aun)


Literal Meaning: They went on hajj while pilgrims were returning.

Meaning:refer to someone who is late in doing things.

A rough equivalent in English might be, "A day late and a dollar short."