Proverb from Egypt
Egyptian Arabic
الخُنْفِسَةْ عَنْدِ أمَّهَا عَرُوسَةْ
El-khunfisa ʿand ummaha ʿarūsa.
Meaning
Every child is beautiful in its parents’ eyes. Taymur: it is said to show how dear children are to their parents.
Source
Taymur notes it is an old colloquial proverb, already recorded by al-Badri in the form “the beetle in its mother’s eye is pretty.”
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What is a proverb? A short, well-known, and memorable saying that expresses a common truth, practical experience, or piece of advice.