ProverbPedia

Tamil Proverb:
அண்டாத பிடாரி ஆருக்கு அடங்குவாள்?
English Translation:
Whom will the unapproachable demoness obey?The term Pidári is generally applied to a village goddess who is regarded as an evil being.,

Tamil Proverb:
அண்டமும் பிண்டமும் அந்தரங்கமும் வெளியரங்கமும்.
English Translation:
Of the universe and the body, the former is hidden, the latter open.",

Tamil Proverb:
அண்டத்தைச் சுமக்கிறவனுக்குச் சுண்டைக்காய் பாரமா?
English Translation:
Will a fruit be burdensome to Him who bears the universe?Used when some favour is sought of one who is known to possess ample resources.,

Tamil Proverb:
அண்டத்தில் இல்லாததும் பிண்டத்தில் உண்டா ?
English Translation:
Does that exist in the body which does not exist in the universe?The greater includes the lesser. This and the preceeding proverb really relate to the dialectics of the learned and philosophic schools.,

Tamil Proverb:
அண்டத்திற்கு உள்ளது பிண்டத்திற்கும் உண்டு.
English Translation:
Whatever exists in the universe exists in the human body.,

Tamil Proverb:
அணை கடந்த வெள்ளத்தை மறிப்பவர் ஆர்?
English Translation:
Who can stop a flood that has burst its bund?Spoken of insuperable evils.,

Tamil Proverb:
அணை கடந்த வெள்ளம் அழுதாலும் வருமா ?
English Translation:
Though one cry after it, will the flood that has burst its bund return?As a premonition, this proverb is used to inculcate caution, and as a remark on misfortune, it suggests the uselessness of regret.",

Tamil Proverb:
அணு மகாமேருவாமா ?
English Translation:
Is an atom the great Meru?The sacred mountain Meru, forming the centre of the seven continents according to the Mythological geography of the Hindus; it appears to mean the highland of Tartary north of the Himálaya,",

Tamil Proverb:
"அணுவும் மலையாச்சு, மலையும் அணுவாச்சு.
English Translation:
An atom is become a mountain, a mountain an atom.",

Tamil Proverb:
அணிற்பிள்ளைக்கு நுங்கு அரிதோ ? ஆண்டிச்சி பிள்ளைக்குச் சோறு அரிதோ?
English Translation:
Does the squirrel lack the pulp of the young palmyra fruit, or the child of a Saiva mendicant, rice?To give to religious mendicants is held, by the Hindus generally, to be meritorious.",

Tamil Proverb:
அணில் ஏறவிட்ட நாய் பார்ப்பதுபோல.
English Translation:
As a dog looks up at a squirrel that has ascended and escaped his grasp.A despairing look after a thing irrecoverably lost.,

Tamil Proverb:
அட்டையை எடுத்து மெத்தையில் வைத்தாலும் செத்தையையே நாடும்.
English Translation:
Although you take a reptile and place it on a cushion, it will seeka heap of dried leaves.",