This proverb highlights the irony of someone committing a reprehensible act publicly and yet trying to justify it in an absurd or implausible manner. Stealing in the market, a public place where everyone can see, and blaming the weather conditions, symbolizes the idea of facing obvious circumstances and making ridiculous excuses for dishonest actions. An equivalent English proverb would be ’taking people for fools’ or ‘giving the benefit of the doubt undeservedly.’