ابن الحلال عند ذكره ببان

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Literally: “the decent man appears with the mention (of his name)”.

Phrase

ابن الحلال عند ذكره ببان • (ʔibn il-ḥalāl ʕind zikro bibān)

  1. speak of the devil[1]
    Synonym: ذكرنا القط، أجا ينط (zakarna l-qoṭṭ, ʔaja ynoṭṭ)

References
  1. J. Elihay (2012) The Olive Tree Dictionary: A Transliterated dictionary of Conversational Eastern Arabic, Minerva Publishing House, →ISBN, page 76
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