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Proverbs:
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2)
A sinful man going to the bath in the Ganges.
3)
A bad penny always comes back.
4)
Business is business.
5)
Distance lends charm to the view.
6)
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
No naqad na tera udhar/jitni chadar utnay pawo phelo. (Urdu meaning)
7)
All the roads read to Rome.
Jithay di khooti uthay aan koloti/ponchi waha par khak jaha ka khamer ta. (Urdu
meaning)
8)
Beggars can’t be choosers.
9)
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.
10)
Better low than be broken.
11)
A blood will have blood.
12)
Borrowed garments never fit well.
13)
Do well and have well.
14)
Dry bread at home id better than roast meat abroad.
Ghar ki roki soki pardes k murgh say bheter hai. (Urdu meaning)
15)
Forbidden fruits are sweet.
Chori ke cheez badi mazydar hoti hai. (Urdu meaning)
16)
When the old cock crows the young cocks follow.
17)
Is takes two a make a quarrel.
18)
The murder will be out.
19)
To build castles in the air.
20)
Money makes the mare go.
Daam banaye kaam/paisay say har kam hota hai. (Urdu meaning)
21)
A wise enemy is better than a foolish friend.
22)
The tree is known by its fruit.
23)
It’s hard to live in Rome and fight with the pope.
24)
It’s easier to build a new home than to patch an old one.
Itnay ka yeh hai nai jitnay es par muramat k liye darkar hai. (Urdu meaning)
25)
Between two stools you fall to the ground.
26)
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
27)
Even walls have ears.
28)
Look before you leap.
29)
If I lose my honour I lose myself.
30)
A drowning man catches at a straw.
31)
Much cry, little wool.
32)
A sweet tongue is a good weapon.
33)
Half a loaf is better than none.
35)
Idleness is the root cause of all ills.
36)
As you sow, so shall you reap.
37)
An open door will tempt even a saint.
38)
First come, first served.
39)
If you play with a fool at home.
Mou lagaya sir chada. Free kia kar dia sir pay he chad gaya. (Urdu meaning)
40)
Death defiles the doctor.
41)
Death keeps no calendar.
Mot ka koi aitabar nai/mot ka koi fix waqat nai. (Urdu meaning)
42)
The cheaper buyer gets bad meat.
43)
Fair exchange is no robbery.
44)
Beauty needs no ornament.
45)
What the eye sees not.
46)
The heart rues not.
47)
Cast one’s bread upon the waters.
48)
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
49)
Virtue survives the great.
50)
Nothing venture nothing have.
Agar admi karna chahay tu sub kuch kar sakta hai. (Urdu meaning)
51)
Honey is not for the ass’ mouth.
52)
She is a matcher.
53)
A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
54)
Make hay while the sun shines.
55)
An idle brain is a devil’s workshop.
56)
Something is better than nothing.
57)
Errors and omissions exempted.
58)
Casting pearls before swine.
59)
Prevention is better than cure.
60)
Lost reputation is seldom regained.
61)
If you are good, there’s nothing wrong with the world.
Aap bhalay jaag bhala. (Urdu meaning)
62)
Honesty is the best policy.
63)
Handsome is that handsome does.
64)
Self-done is well done.
65)
Take what comes your way, purse not that goes the other way.
Jo ata hai usay choriye mat or jo jata hai usay rokiye mat. (Urdu meaning)
66)
Don’t put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
67)
Take care of the parents and tomorrow will take care of itself.
68)
The dead are forgotten soon.
69)
A man is known by the company he keeps.
70)
It’s no use crying over spilt milk.
Ab pachtaiye kia howay jab chidiya chuk gai kait. (Urdu meaning)
71)
Truth is even green.
72)
Truth is bitter.
73)
I ask for a fork and you bring a rake.
Mai mangta kuch or hon tum latay kuch or ho. (Urdu meaning)
74)
It is never too late to mend.
Subha ka bhoola agar sham ko ghar aye tu usay bhoola nai khetay. (Urdu meaning)
75)
A friend is need is a friend indeed.
76)
Nothing is stable in the world.
77)
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb.
78)
A word spoken is like an arrow let fly.
79)
Great braggers little doers.
81)
Better alone than in a bad company.
82)
Pride hath a fall.
83)
A wolf is sheep’s clothing.
84)
A pitcher than goes to the wall must break at last.
85)
A closed mouth catches on fly.
86)
It is good sometimes to hold the candle to the devil.
87)
Little drops are heavy.
88)
Too much familiarity breads contempt’ OR .A constant guest is never welcome.
90)
Practice makes a man perfect.
91)
Small in work, great in dispute
92)
Evil pursuits bring evil repute.
93)
If you can’t bite then never show your teeth.
Agar tum kuch kar nai saktya to badi batain b na karo. (Urdu meaning)
94)
A mountain in labour and a mouse be result.
95)
Fine words butter no parsnips.
96)
To swallow a camel and to strain at a goat.
97)
Crooked by nature is never made straight by education.
98)
The butcher looked for his knife when he had it in his mouth.
99)
An uninvited guest is seldom welcome.
100)
The more the sweat the more the reward.
101)
The more the sweat the more the reward.
102)
As many mouths so many opinions.
103)
Who has God has all.
Khuda jisay mil jaye usay kisi cheez ki zarorat nai. (Urdu meaning)
104)
Catch the flying shadow and lose the substance.
Sari hasil karnay k chakar mai insan adhi B kho deta hai. (Urdu meaning)
105)
Out of the frying pan into the fire.
106)
Money for money and interest besides.
107)
It’s useless to lock the stable door after the horse is stolen.
Ghora chori honay k bad darwaza band karna fazool hai. / Aag lagnay par konwa
khodna bekar hai. / ab pachtaye kia howay jab chiriya chuk gai kait. (Urdu meaning)
108)
I would have the fruits not the basket.
109)
Blood is thicker than water.
110)
Everyone praises his children.
111)
Say a good word for the others.
112)
All is fair in love and war.
113)
He is an apple of my eyes.
114)
Put the saddle on the right horse.
115)
Ill news flies space.
116)
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Zarorat aijad ki maa hai. (Urdu meaning)
117)
All that glitters is not gold.
Har chamakti cheez sona nai hoti. / hati k dant khanay k or dihkanay k or. (Urdu
meaning)
118)
A nod to the wise and a rod to the otherwise.
119)
Love and red nose can’t be hid.
120)
Knowledge is power.
121)
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
Agar paisay daraktoon par ugtay tu koi b ghareeb na hota. (Urdu meaning)
122)
A blind man’s wife needs no paints.
Naye kapray badal kar jao kaha or bal banao kis k lie. (Urdu meaning)
123)
A blind man is no judge of colours.
124)
Grapes are sour.
125)
Physician heals thyself.
Dosron ko nasiyat or kud miya faziyat. (Urdu meaning)
126)
Let’s see which way the wind blows.
127)
An empty vessel makes much noise.
128)
Silence is gold.
129)
A black sheep spoils the whole flock.
130)
Two of a trade seldom agrees.
131)
It takes two to make a row.
132)
Queen is dead.
133)
The boot is on the other leg.
134)
God’s mill grinds slow but sure.
Khuda k ghar dair hai par andeer nai. (Urdu meaning)
135)
Every dog is loin at home.
136)
Happy in the wooing that’s not long a doing.
137)
I have other fish to fry.
138)
I stout you stout, who’ll bear the ashes out.
139)
In at one ear and out at the other.
140)
Everyone knows his business well.
141)
Think before you speak.
142)
First deserve then desire.
143)
Health is wealth.
Tandrusti hazaar nemat hai. (Urdu meaning)
144)
Brevity is the soul of wit.
145)
While there’s life there’s hope.
146)
Might is right.
147)
Barking dogs seldom bite.
148)
Nothing comes out of a sack but what is put into it.
149)
No rose without thorns.
150)
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Jahan lak kharch kiye waha sawa lak sahi. (Urdu meaning)
151)
While in Rome do as Romans do.
152)
Like dog, like stick.
154)
Beauty is but short-lived.
155)
Small wit great boast.
156)
Habits take long to depart.
157)
A wolf may lose its teeth but not its habit.
Chor chori say jaye lakin hera pheri say na jaye. (Urdu meaning)
158)
Every cock firths best on his own dunghill.
159)
Sweep before your own door.
160)
He blows his own trumpet.
161)
Unity is strength.
163)
In every country the sun rises in the morning.
164)
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Koohay mai chalang laga di to phir mout say kia darna. (Urdu meaning)
165)
Long looked for comes at last.
166)
Nothing succeeds like success.
167)
No gains no pains.
Sewa binn mewa nai. / Mehnat k bagiar kuch nai milta. (Urdu meaning)
168)
Once bitten twice shy.
Dhood ka jala chach b phoonk phoonk kar peta hai. (Urdu meaning)
169)
Look at the end.
170)
Society moulds a man.
171)
You lead a gog’s life.
172)
Danger past. God forgotten.
173)
The nearer the church. The farther from god.
174)
There are two sides to everything.
175)
Where bees are, there’s honey.
Jis ghar mai bhri ho wahan phatar to atay hai. (Urdu meaning)
176)
First come, first served.
by:
Anas BJ :-)
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