نايم على دانُه-اللهجة الفلسطينية الأردنية
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أبو عادل عنده دكّان، وكان معتمد على فادي، الشب اللي بشتغل عنده. فادي ببيع وبحاسب الزباين، وأبو عادل ما كان يدقق وراه، لأنه واثق فيه. مرة ابنه لاحظ إنه البضاعة بتخلص بسرعة، بس المصاري اللي بالصندوق مش قدّها. حكى لأبوه: – يابا، مش ملاحظ إنه في إشي مش راكب؟ البضاعة بتروح والمصاري مش مبينة! – يا زلمة، فادي شب أمين، وبعرف شو بعمل. بعد فترة، الابن ضلّه يراقب، واكتشف إن فادي ببيع البضاعة وبخبّي المصاري بجيبتُه. راح خبر أبوه، ولما واجهوا فادي، انكشف كل إشي. ابنه طلع بأبوه وحكاله: – معقول كل هالفترة وهو بسرق وإنت مش داري؟ – والله يا ابني ما خطرلي على بالي! – يا يابا، إنت نايم على دانك! الزلمة بسرق من تحت إيدك وإنت مش حاسس! المعنى: بنحكي «نايم على دانُه» عن الشخص اللي مش منتبه للي بصير حواليه، وسهل ينضحك عليه أو يستغلوه من غير ما يحس.
Sleeping on His Ear (Nāyim ‘alā dānuh) – Palestinian/Jordanian Dialect Abu Adel has a shop, and he relies on Fadi, the young man who works for him. Fadi sells to and handles the cash for customers, and Abu Adel doesn't check up on him because he trusts him. Once, Abu Adel's son noticed that the merchandise was disappearing quickly, but the cash in the box didn't match. He said to his father: — "Dad, haven't you noticed that something's not fitting? The merchandise is going and the money isn't showing up!" — "Man, Fadi is an honest young man, and I know what I'm doing." After a while, the son kept watching and discovered that Fadi was selling the merchandise and hiding the cash in his pocket. He went and told his father, and when they confronted Fadi, everything was revealed. His son looked at his father and said: — "Is it possible that all this time he's been stealing and you haven't been aware?" — "By God, my son, it never occurred to me!" — "Dad, you are sleeping on your ear! The man is stealing right from under your nose, and you're not even aware!" Meaning: We say "Sleeping on his ear" about a person who is not paying attention to what's going on around him, and it's easy for him to be tricked or taken advantage of without even realizing