ProverbPedia

“Tamil Proverb:
"வந்தாரை வாழ வைக்கும், மண்ணில் பிறந்தாரைத் தூங்க வைக்கும்.”
— ","English Translation:
It will cause strangers to flourish, and natives to decay and sink.",

“Tamil Proverb:
வண்ணானுக்கு நோய் வந்தால் கல்லோடே.”
— "English Translation:
If a washerman is sick, he gets better at the washing stone.",

“Tamil Proverb:
"வந்தாலும் சரி, போனாலும் சரி.”
— ",English Translation:
It is all the same whether he comes or goes.,

“Tamil Proverb:
வண்ணானுக்கும் நிருவாணிக்கும் உறவு என்ன?”
— English Translation:
What friendship has a washerman with one who wears no clothes?,

“Tamil Proverb:
வம்பான வார்த்தை மனதுக்கு அருவருப்பு.”
— English Translation:
Bad words are an abomination to the mind.,

“Tamil Proverb:
"வண்ணானுக்கு வண்ணாத்திமேல் ஆசை, வண்ணாத்திக்குக் கழுதைமேல் ஆசை.”
— ","English Translation:
The washerman longs for the washer-woman, and the washer-woman’s desire is fixed on her donkey.",

“Tamil Proverb:
வந்தாற் சும்மா வரும் வராமற்போனால் ஒன்றும் வராது.”
— "English Translation:
When good things come, they do so unsolicited; when they do not come, not one of them appears.",

“Tamil Proverb:
வண்ணான் கையில் மாற்றுச் சும்மா.”
— English Translation:
A change of garments in the hands of the washerman.,

“Tamil Proverb:
வம்புத் துரைத்தனத்தாரைக் கும்பிடத் தகுமோ?”
— "English Translation:
Is it proper to make obeisance to a government, that rules with severity?",

“Tamil Proverb:
வண்ணான் கையில் சேலையைப் போட்டுக் கொக்கின் பின்னே போகிறதா ?”
— "English Translation:
Having put your clothes to the washerman, do you chase the crane?",

“Tamil Proverb:
வயதுக்கோ நரைத்தது மயிருக்கோ நரைத்தது.”
— English Translation:
Does the becoming grey arise from age or from the hair?,

“Tamil Proverb:
வண்ணான் பிள்ளை செத்தால் அம்பட்டனுக்கு மயிர் போயிற்று.”
— "English Translation:
If the washerman’s child die, the barber cares not a hair.",

“Tamil Proverb:
வண்ணான் துறையில் முயல்போல.”
— English Translation:
Like a hare at the washerman’s washing place.,

“Tamil Proverb:
வண்ணானுக்குப் போனான் வண்ணாத்திக்கு வந்தான்.”
— "English Translation:
To the washerman, his name was “gone;” to the washer-woman, “come.”This proverb is explained as follows:—a washerman engaged a servant who gave his name as Pónán, he is gone. In the absence of her husband he told the washer-woman that his name was Vandán, he is come.The washerman wanting the man called him by name,-Pónáu. At the same moment the wife called the man by his other name Vandán. The washerman thereupon concluded that the servant had gone to his wife. Again he called as before, and his wife also called. As the servant did not come to him, the washerman became angry and went to his wife when an altercation took place. The matter being explained, they suspected that something was wrong, and soon found that the man had made off with their savings, and that he had given the two names to serve his secret purpose.",

“Tamil Proverb:
வட்டுவத்தின்மேல் சொட்டுப் போட்டால் வட்டுவத்திற்கு மாத்தரமா படும்?”
— "English Translation:
Will a slap on a betel-pouch, affect the pouch only?",

“Tamil Proverb:
வதுவை செய்து வாழ்.”
— English Translation:
Get married and live prosperously.,