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Sayings worth remembering, each with the book, letter or speech it comes from, and traditional Urdu proverbs: folk wisdom with no single author.

کہاوتیں Proverbs

Traditional Urdu proverbs. They are folk wisdom passed down by speakers of the language, so they have no single author.

اونٹ کے منہ میں زیرہ

oont ke munh mein zeera

far too little for the need

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جس کی لاٹھی اس کی بھینس

jis ki laathi us ki bhains

might is right

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دور کے ڈھول سہانے

door ke dhol suhaane

the grass is greener on the other side

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اب پچھتائے کیا ہوت جب چڑیاں چگ گئیں کھیت

ab pachhtaaye kya hot jab chiriyaan chug gayin khet

it is no use crying over spilt milk

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ناچ نہ جانے آنگن ٹیڑھا

naach na jaane aangan terha

a bad workman blames his tools

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بندر کیا جانے ادرک کا سواد

bandar kya jaane adrak ka swaad

someone who cannot appreciate something fine

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ایک انار سو بیمار

ek anaar sau beemaar

one thing, and many people wanting it

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اندھوں میں کانا راجا

andhon mein kaana raaja

in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king

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گھر کی مرغی دال برابر

ghar ki murghi daal baraabar

what is at home is taken for granted

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جیسی کرنی ویسی بھرنی

jaisi karni waisi bharni

as you sow, so shall you reap

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نیکی کر دریا میں ڈال

neki kar darya mein daal

do good and expect nothing in return

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ہاتھ کنگن کو آرسی کیا

haath kangan ko aarsi kya

the obvious needs no proof

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آم کے آم گٹھلیوں کے دام

aam ke aam guthliyon ke daam

to gain twice over

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الٹا چور کوتوال کو ڈانٹے

ulta chor kotwaal ko daante

the guilty one blames the innocent

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چور کی داڑھی میں تنکا

chor ki daarhi mein tinka

a guilty conscience gives itself away

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دودھ کا جلا چھاچھ بھی پھونک پھونک کر پیتا ہے

doodh ka jala chhaachh bhi phoonk phoonk kar peeta hai

once bitten, twice shy

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بوند بوند سے دریا بنتا ہے

boond boond se darya banta hai

many small amounts make a large one

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سانپ بھی مر جائے اور لاٹھی بھی نہ ٹوٹے

saanp bhi mar jaaye aur laathi bhi na toote

to solve a problem without any loss

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