ProverbPedia

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

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

Tamil Proverb:
அஞ்சி ஆண்மை செய்.
English Translation:
Act manfully, but modestly.",

Tamil Proverb:
"அச்சிக்குப் போனாலும், அகப்பை அரைக்காசு.
English Translation:
Though taken to Achchi, a wooden ladle will fetch only half a cash.Achchi being a prosperous place, cooking utensils are there in great demand, yet even there this inferior article will bring no more than its value.Spoken of the intrinsic value of a thing.",

Tamil Proverb:
"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 Proverb:
அச்சியிலும் பிச்சைக்காரர் உண்டு.
English Translation:
There are beggars even in Achchi.See the preceding proverb.,

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

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

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