South Levantine Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally: “we opened [our door] to him and he came in with his donkey”.
فتحناله، دخل بحماره • (fataḥnā-lo, daḵal bi-ḥmāro)
- give them an inch and they'll take a mile[1]
References[edit]
- ^ J. Elihay (2012) The Olive Tree Dictionary: A Transliterated dictionary of Conversational Eastern Arabic, Minerva Publishing House, →ISBN, page 190
