ProverbPedia

Tamil Proverb:
அண்ணனும் தம்பியும் சென்மப் பகைவர்.
English Translation:
An elder and younger brother are natural (birth) enemies.They are supposed to be subject to envy, jealousy end hatredon account of the rights they inherit.",

Tamil Proverb:
"அண்ணனிடத்தில் ஆறு மாதம் வாழ்ந்தாலும், அண்ணியிடத்தில் அரை நாழிகை வாழலாமா?
English Translation:
Although one may live six months with an elder brother, one cannot abide with his wife even half an hour.The first condition is proverbially difficult, how much more so the second?",

Tamil Proverb:
அண்டையிற் சமர்த்தன் இல்லாத ராஜாவுக்கு அபகீர்த்தி வரும்.
English Translation:
Disgrace will attach to a king who has not a competent person near him.,

Tamil Proverb:
அண்ணனார் அரண்மனையில் அள்ளி உண்ணப் போகிறாள்.
English Translation:
She is going to eat rice in her elder brother’s house.,

Tamil Proverb:
அண்டை வீட்டுப் பார்ப்பான் சண்டை மூட்டித் தீர்ப்பான்.
English Translation:
The neighbouring Brahman will breed a quarrel and settle it.Said of one who promotes evil in order that he may gain by it.,

Tamil Proverb:
அண்டை வீட்டுச் சண்டை கண்ணுக்கு குளிர்ச்சி.
English Translation:
A quarrel in a neighbouring house is refreshing.Spoken of envious persons who may be supposed to delight in a neighbour's shortcomings or misfortunes.,

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.",