Proverb of the day: They gave the cat the key to the pigeon coop مسكوا القط مفتاح البرج
مسكواالقط مفتاح البرج
Masseku el qott moftah el borg
Translation: They gave the cat the key to the pigeon coop
Meaning: They put their trust in the wrong person. Cats cannot be entrusted with the safety of small birds, so giving a cat access to the pigeon house is a big mistake. Another surviving example of the same proverb is “eddu el qott moftah al karar,” or “they gave the cat the key to the cellar.”
Source: Egyptian Proverbs, (Al-Ahram Center for Translation and Publishing, 1986) by Ahmed Taymour Pasha
Translated by: Nabil Shawkat
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