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غاب القط، إلعب يا فار

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South Levantine Arabic

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Proverb

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غاب القطّ، إلعب يافار (ḡāb il-qoṭṭ, ʾilʕab ya fār)

  1. when the cat's away, the mice will play[1]

References

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  1. ^ J. Elihay (2012) The Olive Tree Dictionary: A Transliterated dictionary of Conversational Eastern Arabic, Minerva Publishing House, →ISBN, page 439