ProverbPedia

Tamil Proverb:
அங்கத்தை ஆற்றில் அலைசொணாதா?
English Translation:
Is it improper to bathe in a river?,

Tamil Proverb:
அக்குத்தொக்கு இல்லாதவனுக்குத் துக்கம் என்ன?
English Translation:
Whence sorrow to him who has no connections?Said of one who is so obscure and isolated as to have no one whose griefs he can share or assuage.,

Tamil Proverb:
அக்கினியாற் சுட்ட புண் விஷமிக்காது.
English Translation:
A cauterized wound will not fester much.,

Tamil Proverb:
அக்கினி தேவனுக்கு அபிஷேகம் செய்ததுபோல் இருக்கிறான்.
English Translation:
He is as if a libation had been poured out to the god of fire.Used of one naturally very black, who on hearing the proverb if he understands its purport, is of course very angry. When water is poured on burning charcoal the cinders appear exceedingly black. The intended reflection is not the less insulting because of the complimentary way in which it is conveyed.",

Tamil Proverb:
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.",

Tamil Proverb:
அக்கிராரத்து நாய் பிரதிஷ்டைக்கு விரும்பினதுபோல.
English Translation:
As a dog longed for the consecrated things of a Brahman village.Said when great expectations are entertained of something that is likely to prove illusory: an amusing story is told about this proverb.,

Tamil Proverb:
"அக்கிராரத்துக்கு ஒரு ஆடு வந்தால், ஆளுக்கு ஒரு மயிர்.
English Translation:
Should a sheep come into a Brahman village, each person will get but a hair.After a sheep has been sacrificed in a Brahmanical village and the carcass consumed, the Brahmans may use the hair when performing púja; this interpretation is disputed.",

Tamil Proverb:
"அக்கிராரத்தில் பிறந்தாலும், நாய் வேதம் அறியுமா?
English Translation:
Will a dog understand the Vedas, although born in a Brahman village?",

Tamil Proverb:
"அக்காள்தான் கூடப்பிறந்தாள், மச்சானும் கூடப்பிறந்தானா?
",English Translation: My sister was indeed born of the same mother: was my brother-in-law also?,

Tamil Proverb:
அக்காளைப் பழித்துத் தங்கை அபசாரியானாள்.
English Translation:
Having reproached her elder sister, the younger played the harlot.",

Tamil Proverb:
"அக்காளைக் கொண்டால், தங்கையை முறை கேட்பானேன்?
English Translation:
Having taken in marriage the elder sister, why inquire after the rank of the younger?",

Tamil Proverb:
அக்காள் உறவும் மச்சான் பகையுமா?
English Translation:
Whilst cherishing friendship for the sister, are you at enmity with the brother-in-law?",