“I’m walking next to the wall”

انا ماشي جمب الحيط

ana mashy gemb el 7ayt

Means something like, “I’m keeping to myself / not taking sides.”

No joke, my amiya teacher taught this to the entire class before June 30 and instructed us all to say this whenever anyone asked about politics. Was also essential knowledge for the rest of that summer when taxi drivers wanted to play the “c**p or revolution?!” game.

Phrase has since been replaced by a couple of enthusiastic “TEHYA MASR!!!”‘s.