Proverb of the day: He thinks he is like a lemon in a town that is nauseated

Ahram Online , Sunday 14 Jun 2015

He thinks he is like a lemon in a town that is nauseated

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  عامل لمونه فى بلد قرفان

Amel lamouna fi balad arfan

Translation: He thinks he is like a lemon in a town that is nauseated.

 

Meaning: Lemon was believed to be a cure for nausea, and therefore a town suffering from nausea would be desperate for a supply of lemon. So if you happen to have a particular skill that is in short supply, everyone will welcome you – with the same desperation a nauseated town would welcome a batch of lemon.

 

Source: Egyptian Proverbs, (Al-Ahram Center for Translation and Publishing, 1986) by Ahmed Taymour Pasha,

Translated by: Nabil Shawkat

 
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