ProverbPedia

“Tamil:
அச்சனக்காரன் முதுகில் வஞ்சனைக்காரன் ஏறினான்.”
English Translation:
The cheat has got on the shoulders of the conjurer.Said when one deceiver has got the better of another.,

“Tamil:
அஞ்சா நெஞ்சு படைத்தால் ஆருக்கு ஆவான்?”
English Translation:
Who will tolerate a presumptuous or impudent man?,

“Tamil:
அஞ்சலிவந்தனம் ஆருக்கும் நன்மை.”
English Translation:
Deferential respect is agreeable to every one.,

“Tamil:
அஞ்சிலே வளையாதது ஐம்பதிலே வளையுமா?”
“English Translation:
Will that which was not bent at five, bend at fifty?”,

“Tamil:
அஞ்சாவது பெண் கெஞ்சினாலும் கிடையாது.”
“English Translation:
A fifth born female cannot be obtained though earnestly sought.A fifth born female is regarded as the special favourite of fortune; an eighth,—as the very opposite.”,

“Tamil:
அஞ்சினவனை குஞ்சும் வெருட்டும்.”
English Translation:
Even a fledgeling may scare the timid.,

“Tamil:
அஞ்சில் அறியாதவன் ஐம்பதில் அறிவானா?”
“English Translation:
Will one ignorant at five understand at fifty?Early instruction essential to future knowledge. The proverb may also suggest that growth in years will not make one, that is naturally dull, bright.”,

“Tamil:
அஞ்சினவனைப் பேய் அடிக்கும்.”
English Translation:
Demons strike the timid.,

“Tamil:
அஞ்சி ஆண்மை செய்.”
“English Translation:
Act manfully, but modestly.”,

“Tamil:
அஞ்சினவன் கண்ணுக்கு ஆகாயமெல்லாம் பேய்.”
English Translation:
To the timid the sky is full of demons.,

“Tamil:
“அஞ்சினாரை கெஞ்சுவிக்கும், அடித்தாரை வாழ்விக்கும்.”
“,English Translation:
Those who were once feared may be made to beg; and they who were once oppressed may be made prosperous.,

“Tamil:
“அஞ்சு காசுக்குக் குதிரையும் வேண்டும், அதுவும் ஆற்றைக் கடக்கப் பாயவும் வேண்டும்.”
“,”English Translation:
A horse is required for five cash, and he must be able to leap over a river.Used in derision when great results are expected from inadequate means.”,

“Tamil:
அஞ்சுக்கு இரண்டு பழுதில்லை.”
“English Translation:
Of the five senses two are uninjured.Used with reference to some, of several desiderated objects that have been accomplished, or of some things that remain uninjured.”,

“Tamil:
“அஞ்சு பணம் கொடுத்தாலும், இத்தனை ஆத்திரம் ஆகாது.”
“,”English Translation:
Even if you were to give away five fanams, such haste or precipitation will not do.Precipitance in judgment is worse than actual loss.”,

“Tamil:
அஞ்சு குஞ்சும் கறியாமே? அறியாப் பெண்ணும் பெண்டாமோ?”
English Translation:
Are five young birds a curry? Is a young girl a wife?,

“Tamil:
அக்கினி மலைமேல் கர்ப்பூரபாணம் பிரயோகித்ததுபோல.”
“English Translation:
As one discharged a camphor arrow at a burning mountain.Spoken of an act done to injure another, fruitless or inadequate, and possibly destructive of the means employed.”,