ProverbPedia

“Tamil Proverb:
கல்லிலே நார் உரிக்கிறது போல.”
— English Translation:
Like stripping fibre from a stone.,

“Tamil Proverb:
கல்லும் தேங்காயும்போலப் பேசுகிறான்”
— English Translation:
He speaks as effectively as the hitting of a stone on a cocoanut.,

“Tamil Proverb:
கல்லும் காவேரியும் உள்ளமட்டும் வாழ்க.”
— "English Translation:
May you live as long as the rocks and the Cauveri exist.The river Cauveri rises in the western ghauts and flows into the bay of Bengal. It is the source of the great fertility of Tanjore and the adjacent districts. According to the legend it originated in the following manner. In ancient times when the people of southern India suffered from drought, Ganésa became incarnate in the form of a crow. As such he visited the abode of an ascetic on one of the western hills. He there alighted on the waterpot of a hermit and upset it. The water thus spilt, by reason of the hermit’s merit, became a river: the current spelling would make the name the lake of the crow: the legend requires the word to be spelt காவேரி crow mounting, whereas காவேரி lake of the crow is common.",

“Tamil Proverb:
கல்லிலும் வன்மை கனமூடர் நெஞ்சம்.”
— English Translation:
The heart of a great fool is harder than a stone.,

“Tamil Proverb:
கல்லார் உறவகல் காமக் கடல் கட.”
— English Translation:
Keep at a distance from the unlettered; cross the sea of passion.,

“Tamil Proverb:
கல்லார் உறவிலும் கற்றோர் பகை நலம்.”
— English Translation:
The enmity of the learned is better than the friendship of the illiterate.,

“Tamil Proverb:
கல்லாத ஒருவன் குலநலம் பேசுதல் நெல்லுடன் பிறந்த பதராகும்மே.”
— English Translation:
The illiterate who boast of high rank may be compared to the dust mixed with paddy-unhusked rice.,

“Tamil Proverb:
கல்லாதார் செல்வத்திலும் கற்றார் வறுமை நலம்.”
— English Translation:
The poverty of the learned is better than the wealth of the unlearned.,

“Tamil Proverb:
கல்லாடம் படித்தவனோடு மல் ஆடாதே.”
— English Translation:
Do not contend with him who has studied kalladam.Kalladam a work on the third part of grammar is said to be extremely dry.,

“Tamil Proverb:
"கல்லடிச்சித்தன் போகிற வழி, காடு மேடு எல்லாம் தவிடு பொடி.”
— ",English Translation:
All the rough and rugged ground before the stone-cutter will be reduced to powder.,

“Tamil Proverb:
கல் எறிக்குத் தப்பினாலும் கண் எறிக்குத் தப்பக்கூடாது.”
— "English Translation:
Though one may escape the cast of a stone, he cannot escape the glance of an evil eye.The evil eye கண்ணூறு and the evil tongue நாவூறு are feared very generally. To avert their influence as regards fruits &c, in a garden, it is common to put up some object of attraction as a water-pot whitewashed, inverted on a stump, and dotted with black spots &c. In some enclosures grotesque images are seen.",

“Tamil Proverb:
"கல் ஆகிலும் கணவன், புல் ஆகிலும் புருஷன்.”
— ","English Translation:
Though in heart hard as a stone, and worthless as a blade of grass, he is your husband.",

“Tamil Proverb:
கலியாணம் செய்தும் சன்னியாசியா?”
— "English Translation:
What, though married yet a Sanyási-ascetic?",

“Tamil Proverb:
"கலியாண வீட்டிற்குப் போய் அறியான், மேளச் சத்தமும் கேட்டும் அறியான்.”
— ","English Translation:
He has never been at a wedding, nor has he heard the sound of a tom-tom.",

“Tamil Proverb:
கலியாண வீட்டில் பந்தற்காலைக் கட்டி அழுகிறவள் செத்த வீட்டில் சும்மா இருப்பாளா?”
— English Translation:
Will the woman who wept as she clung to the post of a marriage pandal at be silent when she attends a funeral?,

“Tamil Proverb:
கலியாணச் சந்தடியில் தாலி கட்ட மறந்தானாம்.”
— English Translation:
It is said that he forgot to tie the táli owing to the bustle at the wedding.,