المزاحة تذهب المهابة

Foforum of the wordreference forums pointed me to this website http://www.muslima.ru/, which has Arabic proverbs translated into Russian. Here is one:

المزاحة تذهب المهابة

Literal meaning: Joking destroys credibility.

Meaning: A person who jokes too much will not be believed. I think it is similar to "The boy who cried wolf'"


I don't read Russian, so I have done the best I could with google translate. If there are any mistakes, comment below. I would also like to know which country the proverb is from.