ProverbPedia

Tamil Proverb:
"அஞ்சும் மூன்றும் உண்டானால், அறியாப் பெண்ணும் கறி சமைக்கும்.
English Translation:
If possessed of five and three, even a young girl may make a curry.The five are acid, pepper, salt, mustard, and cumin; the three, are water, fuel and fire.This proverb is used by a man when his wife has prepared a curry that does not please him.",

Tamil Proverb:
அடிக்கிற காற்று வெயிலுக்குப் பயன்படுமா?
English Translation:
Does the beating wind fear the sunshine?Spoken of irrelevant means to subdue an evil.,

Tamil Proverb:
அஞ்செழுத்தும் பாவனையும் அவனைப்போல் இருக்கிறது.
English Translation:
The five letters and the sentiment are like him.Spoken of a child who in feature and disposition resembles its father.,

Tamil Proverb:
அடங்காத பாம்பிற்கு ராஜா மூங்கில்த்தடி.
English Translation:
A bamboo staff is the king of a vicious snake.,

Tamil Proverb:
அடி அதிரசம் குத்துக் கொழுக்கட்டை.
English Translation:
A slap is a cake, a cuff is sweetmeat.Spoken of one who is beyond ordinary discipline,",

Tamil Proverb:
அடிக்கும் காற்றிலே எடுத்துத் தூற்றவேண்டும்.
English Translation:
Winnow while the wind blows.,

Tamil Proverb:
அஞ்சுருத்தாலி நெஞ்சுருவக் கட்டிக்கொண்டு வந்தாற்போல் வலக்காரமாய்ப் பேசுகிறாய்.
English Translation:
Thou speakest ostentatiously as a matron who has come having her bosom adorned with a táli ornamented with five figures.The táli is a marriage symbol used as a wedding ring is in Europe. Various astrological observances attend the melting of the gold &c. The five forms referred to are the five weapons of Vishnu. Viz. the discus, the club, the conch, the bow and the sword.The Romanists ornament the táli with the figure of a dove.",

Tamil Proverb:
அடக்கத்துப் பெண்ணுக்கு அழகேன்?
English Translation:
Of what use is beauty to a damsel living in retirement?,

Tamil Proverb:
அடங்காத பெண்சாதியினாலே அத்தைக்கும் நமக்கும் பொல்லாப்பு.
English Translation:
A disobedient wife is an evil both to her mother and to one’s self.Spoken of a person inimical alike to two parties.,

Tamil Proverb:
அடாது செய்தவர் படாது படுவார்.
English Translation:
They who do what they ought not, will suffer what they might have avoided.It serves him right.",

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

Tamil Proverb:
அச்சாணி இல்லாத தேர் முச்சாணும் ஓடாது.
English Translation:
A car without a linch-pin will not move even three spans.Intimating that appliances however trivial cannot be disposed with, and that the best instruments and weapons require due management.",