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Kheesaee billi khamba noche
Embarrassed cat scratches a pillar
Means: To be embarrassed
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900 chuhe khake billi haj ko chali
Cat went to pray after eating 900 rats
Means: Pretending to be innicent after many sins
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Hathi ke dant dekhane ke aur khane ke aur
Elephant has two set of teeth-one to show off and the other to chew with
Means: What you see is not necessarily true
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Angoor khate hai
Grapes are sour
Means: Grapes are sour..even though u say its not.
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Nach na jane agan tedha
One doesn’t know how to dance and blames it on the stage being uneven
Means: To blame the means available rather than capability
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Jo garjte hai vo baraste nahi
Those who thunder don’t pour
Means: Those who talk don’t perform. (a person should be judged by his/her word rather than speech!! - lets see how Obama does)
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Ram milaee jodi, ek aandha, ek kodhi
God made match, one is blind and the other is a leper
Means: Made for each other in a negative manner.
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Uske ghar mein der hai andher nahi
There is delay in his house but not injustice
Means: In god's house there might be delay in serving justice but never overlooked.
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Uski lathi mein awaaz nahi hai
His stick doesn't make noise.
Means: God's justice. (God takes a very sound revenge for your bad deeds)
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Choona lagana
To put an alkaline paste
Means: To dupe someone
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Gadhe ke sir pe se singh gayab hona
The horn on the head of a donkey vanishes
Means: To be missing (Generally someone get caught he/she vanishes from the scene)
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Bheegi billi
Wet cat
Means: Sacred person (when u throw water over a cat - it just get scared and runs.. same thing is applicable for a person)
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Hathi se chal
Walk like an elephant
Means: No care attitude
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Baap bada na bhaiya, sabse bada rupaiya
Neither is the father nor the brother are big, only money is big.
Means: Money rules over relationships as well.
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Jale pe namak chidkna
To sprinkle salt on the burn
Means: To add to the miseries
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Aasteen ka saap
Snake of the sleeve
Means: The decietful is very closely related or known
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Garibi mein atta geela
The dough is runny in poverty
Means: In adversity, everything takes a bad turn.
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Ghada charya khet na paap na punya
To let the donkey graze in the farm, you will not reap friut nor sin
Means: Meansless activity
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Lohe ke chane chabana
To chew iron pellets
Means: To be confronted by an incredibly difficult task
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Laatoen ke bhoot batoen se nahi mante
The ghost of feet don't agree to talks
Means: Those who are stubborn will not be easliy convinced by logical talking.
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Hing lage na phitkari, rang bhi chowka aeh
No need for asafoetida or potash alum to get colour
Means: To have a gain without much effort
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Beeta hua pal vapas nahi aata
Gone time does not come back
Means: Don't dwell in past
Time doesn't come back so no point wasting time
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Bhawan ke ghar der hai andher nahi
There is delay in god's house not darkness
Means: All is fair in life even if there are slight delays.
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Sabr ka phal mitha hota hai
The fruit of patience is sweet
Means: Patience is virtue
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Mouh me chandi ki chamch le kar paida hona
To be be born with a silver spoon in the mouth
Means: To be born rich
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Jaisi karni vaisi bharni
What you do , so shall you fill
Means: You will reap as you sow
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Dal me kuch kala hai
There is sometging black in the lentil
Means: Something is fishy (if in doubt we can say dal me kuch kala hai)
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Dushman ke dant khatte karna
To make the teeth of enemy sour
Means: To defeat the enemy
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Dhoop me bal safed karna
To whiten hair in the sun
Means: To get experience as age progresses
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Jaisi karni, vasi bharni
To get results according to actions
Means: You reap as you sow
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Ghar ki murgi dal brabar
Pet chicken is like lentil
Means: Not to realize the worth of loved ones
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Ghee ke diye jalana
To light oil lamp full of ghee (clarified butter)
Means: To rejoice
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Chor chor mausare bhai
Thieves are cousins
Means: Evil attracts evil
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Chalti ka naam gadi
That which runs is called a car
Means: When the things are running smoothly, let it be
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Hawa se batein karna
To talk to the wind
Means: As fast as the wind
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Apne mouh miya mithu
To have a mouth like a parrot
Means: To praise one ownself (This is generally used for a person who always praises himself - especially a celebrity)
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Andha kya chahe, do aankh
What does the blind desires , but ofcourse eyesight
Means: To desire just the perfect thing
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Ooth ke mouh me jeera
Cumin in camel's mouth
Means: A very small gain as compared to the the larger gain expected
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Ulta chor kotwal ko datein
The thief scolds the police officier
Means: Offence is the best defence
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Lakeer ka fakir
Master of a line
Means: To go about the same old beaten path
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Aant bhala tho sab bhala
If the end is good then all is good
Means: All's well that ends well
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Sau sunar ki, ek lohar ki
Hundred blows of goldsmith is comparable to one blow of ironsmith
Means: One powerful blow is comparable to a hundred smaller blows
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Nau do gayara
Nine plus two makes eleven
Means: To run away
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Dhobte to tinke ka sahara
Those who are drowning get help of a twig
Means: Even the smallest of the thing can help those in dire need
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Bandar kya jane adrak ka swad
Monkey doesn't know the taste of ginger
Means: Those who don't know, can't appreciate
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Kaan ka kaccha hona
To be weak of ears
Means: To believe everything one hears
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Ab pachtay hot kya jab chidiya chug gayi khet
What is the use of repenting now when the bird has eaten the harvest
Means: No use repenting when it is too late to undo the damage
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Aap bhale to jag bhala
Good person sees the whole world as good
Means: Good person sees the whole world as good
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Ek teer do nishane
One arrow, two targets
Means: To achieve two things with one means
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Thota chana baje ghana
Hollow lentil makes more noise
Means: Those who are not capable of delivering talk more
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Ek haath se taali nahi bajati
You can not clap with one hand
Means: It takes two
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Bahti ganga me hath dona
To wash ones hand in the river
Means: To be an opportunist
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Ulti ganga bahana
Means: To go against the law of nature
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Pani pani hona
To become water water
Means: To be embarassed
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Ek aur ek gayaraha
One plus one makes eleven
Means: Strength in unity
...there are thousands many!!.. many are common among other indian languages...(indian culature - hindi and urdu and other regional languages)
