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“Tamil Proverb:
சாகத்திரிகிறான் சண்டாளன் சாப்பிட்டுத்திரிகிறான் பெண்டாளன்.”
— English Translation:
The vicious wanders about famished; the householder is in the enjoyment of plenty.,

“Tamil Proverb:
சன்னதம் குலைந்தால் வீறாப்பு எங்கே?”
— "English Translation:
If oracular power has failed, whence the ground of exultation?",

“Tamil Proverb:
சாகிறவரையில் மருந்து கொடுக்க வேண்டும்.”
— English Translation:
Medicine must be given to the very last.,

“Tamil Proverb:
சனியன் பிடித்தவளுக்குச் சந்தையிலும் கந்தை அகப்படாது.”
— English Translation:
A woman seized by Saturn will not find a rag even in the market.,

“Tamil Proverb:
சனியனை விலைக்கு வாங்கினதுபோல.”
— English Translation:
Like procuring Saturn at a price.,

“Tamil Proverb:
சனிப் பிணம் தனிப்போகாது.”
— "English Translation:
A Saturday corpse goes not alone.To avert evil as far as possible, it is not uncommon, with reference to the prevailing opinion expressed in this proverb, for Hindus to bury a fowl when a death happens on Saturday. A Native friend informed me that he saw a chicken put into the coffin of a deceased Native Christian. I have been informed that on some occasions the fowl is carried alive to the place of incremation or burial, the people scattering various kinds of grain on the way. In this case the fowl is killed near the corpse and its blood is sprinkled upon it.",

“Tamil Proverb:
சனி பிடித்ததோ சனியன் பிடித்ததோ?”
— "English Translation:
Has Saturn seized, or one possessed by him, seized?",

“Tamil Proverb:
சனி நீராடு.”
— "English Translation:
Bathe on Saturdays.This proverb is regarded by the people among whom I have lived as equivalent to a command, and is obeyed as such, by observing Saturday as a bathing day.Some interpreters put another construction upon it, making the word, usually translated Saturday, a verb, meaning to spring as water, and render it, bathe in springing, fresh, cool water. In some parts of the country, men bathe on Saturday, while women bathe on Friday or Monday. To bathe on Tuesday is regarded as fatal if repeated again and again.",

“Tamil Proverb:
சனப்பலம் இருந்தால் மனப் பலம் வரும்.”
— English Translation:
When a man has a strong party he will act with decision.,

“Tamil Proverb:
சனத்தோடு சனம் சேரும் சந்தனத்தோடு கர்ப்பூரம் சேரும்.”
— "English Translation:
Men associate with men, camphor and sandal paste blend together.",

“Tamil Proverb:
"சளுக்கன் தனக்குத் சத்துரு, சவளிக்காரனுக்கு மித்துரு.”
— ","English Translation:
The fop is his own enemy, but a friend of the cloth merchant.",

“Tamil Proverb:
சற்சனர் உறவு சருக்கரைப் பாகு போல.”
— English Translation:
The friendship of the good is agreeable as molases of sugar.,

“Tamil Proverb:
சளி பிடித்ததோ சனியன் பிடித்ததோ?”
— "English Translation:
Are you suffering from catarrh, or has Saturn seized you?",

“Tamil Proverb:
சவாதிலே மயிர் வாங்கினதுபோல.”
— English Translation:
Like pulling out hair from civet.,

“Tamil Proverb:
சல்லிய சாரத்தியம் செய்யாதே.”
— English Translation:
Drive not the coach by magic.,

“Tamil Proverb:
"சலம் நுழையாத இடத்தில் எண்ணெயும், எண்ணெய் நுழையாத இடத்தில் புகையும் நுழையும்.”
— ","English Translation:
Oil gets in where water cannot, and smoke enters where oil cannot.",