أنا الغريق فما خوفي من البلل

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Arabic

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Etymology

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From a poem by Al-Mutanabbi. Literally: “I’m drowning – why should I be afraid of getting wet!”.

Proverb

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أَنَا ٱلْغَرِيقُ فَمَا خَوْفِي مِنَ ٱلْبَلَلِ (ʾanā l-ḡarīqu fa-mā ḵawfī min al-balali)

  1. the situation is so bad that the risk of its deteriorating even more has become irrelevant; to have nothing to lose