منفعه ما منك ضخانك بيعمي

Another Syrian proverb from Arabic Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases:


منفعه ما منك ضخانك بيعمي
Literal meaning: you do not benefit me and your smoke blinds me.
Meaning: Said to someone who does more harm than good, as in the phrase "With friends like these, who needs enemies?"

إِيشْ مَا طَبَخِت الرَّعْنَة بِيَاكْلُهْ جُوزْهَاالأَعْمَى

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


إِيشْ مَا طَبَخِت الرَّعْنَة بِيَاكْلُهْ جُوزْهَاالأَعْمَى
(aish ma Tabakhat ir-ra'ana biyakul goozha il-'ama)
Literal meaning: Whatever the crazy wife cooks her blind husband will eat.
Meaning: To get away with bad behavior, as in the English saying "To get away with murder"