القوة مش كل حاجة.

In Egyptian Arabic, the present tense of to be is usually not said.

So القوة مش كل حاجة literally looks like the power not every thing, but it naturally means Power isn’t everything.

This is very normal in Arabic:

• هو تعبان = He is tired
• أنا مش جاهز = I’m not ready

So in your sentence, there is no missing word. The sentence is complete as it is.

مش is the common Egyptian Arabic negation word used to say not / isn’t / aren’t in sentences like this.

So:

• القوة كل حاجة = Power is everything
• القوة مش كل حاجة = Power is not everything

In Egyptian Arabic, مش is extremely common for negating nouns, adjectives, and whole equational sentences.

كل means every / all, and حاجة literally means thing.

So كل حاجة literally means every thing, which is just the everyday Egyptian way to say everything.

This is a very common expression:

• أنا فهمت كل حاجة = I understood everything
• قولّي كل حاجة = Tell me everything

So القوة مش كل حاجة is literally Power is not every thing, but idiomatically Power isn’t everything.

Because Arabic often uses كل + singular noun to express the idea of every or all of something.

So:

• كل يوم = every day
• كل واحد = everyone / each person
• كل حاجة = everything

Even though English uses a form that feels more plural in meaning, Arabic uses a singular noun after كل here.

القوة has الـ because it means the power / strength, and in Arabic abstract nouns are often made definite when speaking generally.

So القوة here means something like power or strength as a general concept.

But حاجة stays indefinite because it is part of the expression كل حاجة:

• كل حاجة = everything
• not كل الحاجة

So the structure is natural as:

• القوة = power / strength
• مش كل حاجة = isn’t everything

In Egyptian Arabic, القوة is commonly pronounced something like el-’owwa or el-’uwwa, depending on the speaker.

A few things are happening:

• الـ is usually pronounced el-
• the letter ق is often pronounced as a glottal stop in Cairene Egyptian, like the pause in uh-oh
• وّة gives a doubled w sound

So a practical learner pronunciation is:

el-’owwa mish kull ḥāga

You do not need perfect phonetics at first; just make sure مش sounds like mish, and كل حاجة sounds like kull ḥāga.

It can mean any of those depending on context.

قوة is a broad word that can mean:

• strength
• power
• force

In this sentence, the most natural English translations are:

• Strength isn’t everything
• Power isn’t everything

Which one fits best depends on the situation:

• talking about muscles or toughness: strength
• talking about control, authority, or influence: power

It is clearly colloquial because of مش and حاجة in this use.

In Modern Standard Arabic, you would expect something more like:

• القوة ليست كل شيء

Egyptian Arabic prefers:

• القوة مش كل حاجة

A speaker of other Arabic dialects would probably understand it, but the sentence is definitely in an Egyptian-style everyday register.

This is the normal order for a simple nominal sentence in Egyptian Arabic:

topic + negation + description/comment

So:

• القوة = the topic
• مش كل حاجة = what is being said about it

That gives:

• القوة مش كل حاجة

You could change the word order for emphasis in some contexts, but this version is the neutral, natural one.

Yes. مش and موش are related forms, and both may be heard. In Egyptian Arabic, مش is much more common in everyday speech.

So for a learner, مش is the safest choice:

• القوة مش كل حاجة

Very often, yes. In Egyptian Arabic, حاجة is one of the most common everyday words for thing / something / anything.

Examples:

• عايز حاجة؟ = Do you want anything?
• في حاجة غلط = There’s something wrong
• كل حاجة تمام = Everything is fine

So كل حاجة is a very useful chunk to memorize.

Yes, absolutely. It sounds natural as a general statement or moral idea.

It can be used in contexts like:

• raising children
• talking about leadership
• discussing sports or competition
• saying that kindness, wisdom, or patience matter too

So it works well as a short, memorable line:

• القوة مش كل حاجة = Power/strength isn’t everything

This sentence uses a very common Egyptian pattern:

X مش كل حاجة = X isn’t everything

For example:

• الفلوس مش كل حاجة = Money isn’t everything
• الجمال مش كل حاجة = Beauty isn’t everything
• الذكاء مش كل حاجة = Intelligence isn’t everything

This is a good pattern to learn because you can reuse it easily in conversation.