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 * Transliteration: ''adhajal gagri chhalakat jaaye
 * Literal: ''Half-filled pots splash more.
 * Meaning: ''Those with little knowledge keep showing it. Those who know all are calm/silent.
 * English equivalent: ''empty vessels make most noise.


 * अन्धों में काना राजा
 * Transliteration: ''andhon mem kana raja
 * Literal: ''a one-eyed man is king amongst blind men.
 * English equivalent: ''in the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.


 * अंत भला तो सब भला
 * Transliteration: ''Ant Bhala to sab Bhala
 * Literal: ''If the end is good, everything is good.
 * English equivalent: ''All’s well that ends well."


 * ** Literal: ''Your future does not depend on the lines of your hands, because people who do not have hands also have a future.
 * Meaning: ''it is better to do your work than to be superstitious and wait for the right time.


 * जब लक्ष्मी तिलक करती हो, पट्टी मुंह धोने नहीं जाना चाहिए
 * Transliteration:'' jab lakShmi tilak karati ho, patti muh dhone nahim jana chahiye
 * Literal:'' When Lakshmi is applying tilaka, do not go to wash your face.
 * Meaning:'' When opportunity is at your door step, just grab it, or else you are going to lose the opportunity."


 * शक का इलाज तो हकीम लुक़्मान के पास भी नहीं था
 * Transliteration:'' Sak ka ilaj to hakim lukxman ke pas Bi nahim tha
 * Meaning:'' (Someone's) Unwarranted suspicion's cure is not in hands of even Luqman, the traditional wiseman.
 * एक म्यान में दो तलवारें नहीं समातीं
 * Transliteration:'' ek myan me do talavaren nahin samatin
 * Literal:'' two swords do not fit into one scabbard. two of a trade seldom agree.


 * नाच न जाने आंगन टेढ़ा
 * Transliteration:'' nach na jane angan tedha
 * Literal:'' One who knows no dance claims that the stage is tilted.
 * Meaning:'' Said of a person without skill who blames his failure on other things.
 * English equivalent:'' a bad workman blames his tools.


 * दूर के ढोल सुहावने लगते हैं
 * Transliteration:'' dur ke dhol suhavane lagate hain
 * Literal:'' the drums sound better at a distance.
 * Meaning:'' We tend to like the ones we do not have.
 * English equivalent:'' All that glitters is not gold. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.


 * घर की मुर्गी दाल बराबर
 * Transliteration:'' Ghar ki murgi dal barabar
 * Meaning:'' Self possessions are always undermined and other’s possessions seem better.
 * English equivalent:''A person is not honoured in his own country //Mark 6:4-6 KJV


 * जल में रहकर मगर से बैर ठीक नहीं
 * Transliteration:'' jal me rehkar magar se bair thik nahin
 * Literal:'' Living in water and being an enemy of the crocodile is not good.
 * English equivalent:''when in rome do as the romans do


 * गरजते बादल बरसते नहीं
 * Transliteration:'' garajate badal barasate nahin
 * English equivalent:'' Barking dogs seldom bite.
 * Meaning:'' those who make the most threats seldom do anything.
 * English equivalent:'' A barking dog seldom bites.


 * जितनी लम्बी चादर हो उतने ही पैर फ़ैलाना चाहिए
 * Transliteration:'' jitni lambi chaddar ho utane hi pair failana chahiye
 * Literal:'' Stretch your legs only as far as the size of your blanket.
 * Meaning:'' Limit your spending to your earnings.


 * तुम जियो हजारों साल,साल के दिन हो पचास हजार
 * Transliteration:'' tum jiyo hajaron saal,saal ke din ho pachhas hajar
 * Literal:'' may you live a thousand years and may each year have a fifty thousand days.
 * Meaning:'' may you live a long life.


 * थोथा चना बाजे घना
 * Transliteration:'' thotha chana baje Ghana
 * Meaning:'' An empty vessel makes much noise. A person with lesser knowledge talks a lot.


 * लातों के भूत बातों से नहीं मानते!
 * Transliteration: laton ke bhoot baaton se nahin mante!
 * Meaning: a person who can only understand the language of beatings cannot be counselled by words.


 * जैसे को तैसा!
 * Transliteration:'' jaise ko taisa!
 * English equivalent:'' tit for tat.


 * अपना वहि जॊ आवे काम्
 * Transliteration:''apana vahi jo ave kam
 * Meaning:'' He is yours who helps you.
 * English equivalent:'' A friend in need is a friend indeed.


 * दान् कि बछिया कि दांत् नहिं देखे जाते
 * Transliteration:'' dan ki baChiya ki damt nahim deKhe jate
 * Meaning:'' You cannot assess something got as donation
 * English equivalent:'' don't look a gift horse in the mouth.


 * आप् हारे और् बहू कॊ मारे
 * Transliteration:'' ap hare aur bahU ko mare
 * Meaning:'' to take out ones frustration on someone else.


 * आ बैल मुझे मार
 * Transliteration:'' aa bael mujhe mar
 * Literal:'' inviting the bull to hit you
 * Meaning:'' to get yourself into trouble, usually used to describe an act of stupidity.


 * आया है सॊ जायेगा राजा रंक फकीर
 * Transliteration:'' aaya hai so jayega raja runk phakira


 * Meaning:''Whoever is born will die, be it a king or a beggar.


 * इस् हाथ् दे उस् हाथ् ले
 * Transliteration:'' is hath de us hath le
 * Meaning:'' to make an even deal.


 * ऊंठ् कि मूह् मे जीरा
 * Transliteration:'' unt ke muh me jira
 * Literal:'' Cumin in a camel's mouth
 * Meaning:'' Used to refer to something insufficient in quantity.


 * ना उधॊ कॊ देना ना माधॊ से लेना
 * Transliteration:'' na udho ko dena na maadho se lena
 * Meaning:'' to be disinterested in any matters


 * एक् और एक् ग्यारह् हॊते है
 * Transliteration:'' ek aur ek gyarah hote hei
 * Literal:'' One and one make eleven
 * Meaning:'' Unity is strength.


 * एक् दं मे हजार् दं
 * Transliteration:'' ek dam me hajar dam


 * किये धरे पे गू का लीपा
 * Transliteration:'' kiye dhare pe goo kaa leepaa
 * Literal:'' flush gold down the toilet
 * Meaning:'' to spoil something created with great efforts (usually by an over-enthusiastic creator)


 * सीधी उंगली से घी नहीं निकलता
 * Transliteration:'' sidi ungali se ghee nahi nikale (to ungali tedhi karni padti hai)
 * Literal: a finger held straight cannot lift "ghee" (you must turn your finger crooked)
 * Literal (explained): to dip your finger in "ghee", you have to curve your finger
 * closest English equivalent:'' By hook or by crook, the end justify the means, you can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs
 * Meaning:'' some problems can only be solved in crooked ways


 * जो दूसरों के लिए गड्ढा खोदता है, भगवान उसके लिए खाई खोदता है
 * Transliteration:'' jo doosroon Ke Liye Gaddha khodta Hai, Bhagwan Uske Liye Khai Khodta Hai
 * English equivalent:'' as you sow, so shall you reap


 * अंधों की दुनिया में आईना बेचना
 * Transliteration:'' andhon ki duniya mein aayina bechna
 * Literal:'' sell mirrors(spectacles) in the world of blind people
 * Meaning:'' doing the wrong thing according to time


 * जिनके घर शीशे के होते हैं, वे दूसरों पर पत्थर नहीं फ़ेंका करते
 * Transliteration:'' jin ke ghar sheshe ke hote hain wo dusro par pather phenka nahi karte.
 * Literal:'' those whose houses are made of glass / have windows do not throw stones at others
 * English equivalent: Those in glass houses should not throw stones


 * आमदनी अठन्नी और खर्चा रुपैया
 * Transliteration:'' amdani attani aur karcha rupaiya.
 * Literal:''Income is half rupee and expenses are a full rupee.
 * English equivalent: Champagne taste on a beer budget


 * काला अक्षर भैंस बराबर
 * Transliteration:'' kala akshar bhains baraabar
 * Literal:'' (your) black letters are equal to a water buffalo
 * English equivalent: n/a
 * Meaning: your writing is as good as a water buffalo's. (indicates illiteracy)


 * पुरानी आदत मुशकिल से मरती है
 * Transliteration:'' purane aadhath mushkil se marthi hai
 * Literal:'' old habits die hard
 * English equivalent: old habits die hard
 * Meaning: it's difficult to give up old habits


 * अंधेरे में तीर छोडना
 * Transliteration:'' andhere mein teer chodna
 * Literal: letting loose an arrow in the darkness
 * Meaning:'' doing something without thinking


 * घोड़े बेच के सोना
 * Transliteration:'' ghode bechke sona
 * Literal: horses sell sleep
 * Meaning:'' have a sound sleep

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