The Wedding Is Grand, but the Bride Is a Frog — Syrian Dialect Once upon a time, in a Syrian village, there was a very grand wedding, and the whole village was talking about it. The hall was beautifully decorated with flowers and lights, the music was playing, there was plenty of food, and everyone was dressed in their finest clothes. Everyone was saying: “Honestly, this is the biggest and most beautiful wedding we’ve ever seen!” Finally, the bride arrived and stepped out of the car wearing a white wedding dress. Everyone started looking at her. One of the women whispered to another: “What is this? All this luxury for this bride?” The other woman looked at her and replied: “Oh yes… the wedding is grand, but the bride is a frog!” The women laughed, and soon the phrase spread among the villagers because the wedding was extremely lavish and beautiful, while the bride herself was not attractive and didn’t seem to match all the grandeur of the wedding. Meaning of the Proverb “The wedding is grand, but the bride is a frog” is said when a wedding is very large, luxurious, and beautiful, but the bride is unattractive or doesn’t seem to match the grandeur and extravagance of the wedding.