الحرامى على راسه ريشه
Al harami ala rasou risha
Translation: The thief has a feather on his head.
Meaning: You can tell a guilty person from their reactions. Legend has it that King Solomon was judging a case about a theft. He was told that poultry was stolen and that the guilty person is in the crowd before him. So he said, “the thief has a feather on his head.” At which point the guilty party rubbed his head and was found out.
Source: Egyptian Proverbs, (Al-Ahram Center for Translation and Publishing, 1986) by Ahmed Taymour Pasha,
Translated by: Nabil Shawkat
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