ProverbPedia

Tamil Proverb:
அஞ்செழுத்தும் பாவனையும் அவனைப்போல் இருக்கிறது.
English Translation:
The five letters and the sentiment are like him.Spoken of a child who in feature and disposition resembles its father.,

Tamil Proverb:
"அஞ்சூர்ச்சண்டை சுண்டாங்கி, ஐங்கல அரிசி ஒரு கவளம்.
English Translation:
Conflict in five villages is but curry, five maracals of rice is only a mouthful.Spoken of one who delights in the misfortunes of others.",

Tamil Proverb:
அஞ்சுவோரைக் கெஞ்சடிக்கப் பார்க்கிறான்.
English Translation:
He aims to humble the timid by force.,

Tamil Proverb:
அஞ்சு வயது ஆண்பிள்ளைக்கு ஐம்பது வயதுப் பெண் கால் முடக்கவேண்டும்.
English Translation:
A woman of fifty must bend the knee before a boy of five.Referring to the deference paid to the male sex by the Hindus.,

Tamil Proverb:
அஞ்சுருத்தாலி நெஞ்சுருவக் கட்டிக்கொண்டு வந்தாற்போல் வலக்காரமாய்ப் பேசுகிறாய்.
English Translation:
Thou speakest ostentatiously as a matron who has come having her bosom adorned with a táli ornamented with five figures.The táli is a marriage symbol used as a wedding ring is in Europe. Various astrological observances attend the melting of the gold &c. The five forms referred to are the five weapons of Vishnu. Viz. the discus, the club, the conch, the bow and the sword.The Romanists ornament the táli with the figure of a dove.",

Tamil Proverb:
"அஞ்சும் மூன்றும் உண்டானால், அறியாப் பெண்ணும் கறி சமைக்கும்.
English Translation:
If possessed of five and three, even a young girl may make a curry.The five are acid, pepper, salt, mustard, and cumin; the three, are water, fuel and fire.This proverb is used by a man when his wife has prepared a curry that does not please him.",

Tamil Proverb:
அஞ்சு குஞ்சும் கறியாமே? அறியாப் பெண்ணும் பெண்டாமோ?
English Translation:
Are five young birds a curry? Is a young girl a wife?,

Tamil Proverb:
"அஞ்சு பணம் கொடுத்தாலும், இத்தனை ஆத்திரம் ஆகாது.
English Translation:
Even if you were to give away five fanams, such haste or precipitation will not do.Precipitance in judgment is worse than actual loss.",

Tamil Proverb:
அஞ்சுக்கு இரண்டு பழுதில்லை.
English Translation:
Of the five senses two are uninjured.Used with reference to some, of several desiderated objects that have been accomplished, or of some things that remain uninjured.",

Tamil Proverb:
"அஞ்சு காசுக்குக் குதிரையும் வேண்டும், அதுவும் ஆற்றைக் கடக்கப் பாயவும் வேண்டும்.
English Translation:
A horse is required for five cash, and he must be able to leap over a river.Used in derision when great results are expected from inadequate means.",

Tamil Proverb:
"அஞ்சினாரை கெஞ்சுவிக்கும், அடித்தாரை வாழ்விக்கும்.
",English Translation: Those who were once feared may be made to beg; and they who were once oppressed may be made prosperous.,

Tamil Proverb:
அஞ்சினவன் கண்ணுக்கு ஆகாயமெல்லாம் பேய்.
English Translation:
To the timid the sky is full of demons.,

Tamil Proverb:
அஞ்சி ஆண்மை செய்.
English Translation:
Act manfully, but modestly.",

Tamil Proverb:
அஞ்சினவனைப் பேய் அடிக்கும்.
English Translation:
Demons strike the timid.,

Tamil Proverb:
அஞ்சில் அறியாதவன் ஐம்பதில் அறிவானா?
English Translation:
Will one ignorant at five understand at fifty?Early instruction essential to future knowledge. The proverb may also suggest that growth in years will not make one, that is naturally dull, bright.",

Tamil Proverb:
அஞ்சினவனை குஞ்சும் வெருட்டும்.
English Translation:
Even a fledgeling may scare the timid.,