ProverbPedia

Tamil Proverb:
அங்கும் தப்பி இங்கும் தப்பி அகப்பட்டுக்கொண்டான் தும்மட்டிப்பான்.
English Translation:
Tummattippattan, who had escaped here and there, was caught.Referring to the adventures of a sorcerer.",

Tamil Proverb:
"அங்கிடுதொடுப்பிக்கு அங்கிரண்டு குட்டு, இங்கிரண்டு சொட்டு.
",English Translation: One who frequently changes his party will receive two slaps here and three cuffs there.,

Tamil Proverb:
"அங்காடிக்காரியைச் சங்கீதம் பாடச்சொன்னால், வெங்காயம் கருவேப்பிலை என்பாள்.
English Translation:
If a song be demanded of a woman going along with her market basket, she will exclaim venkaiyam, karuvéppilai, (Onions, curry leaves.)",

Tamil Proverb:
அங்காடி விலையை அதிர அடிக்காதே.
English Translation:
Do not beat down the market price.Do not contravene the established opinions and practices of the people with whom you are associated.,

Tamil Proverb:
"அங்காங்கு வைபோகமாயிருக்கிறான், இங்கே பார்த்தால் அரைக்காசு முதலும் இல்லை.
English Translation:
He is seen everywhere enjoying himself: when looked at in his homestead, he is not worth half a cash.Said of one who, when out, affects to be well off, whereas he has nothing at all to depend upon.The word (காசு) Cash, is used for several kinds of coin, also for money.",

Tamil Proverb:
அங்கத்தைக் கொன்று ஆற்றில் சேர்க்கவொண்ணாது.
English Translation:
A body that has been deprived of life (murdered) may not be put into a river.,

Tamil Proverb:
"அங்கத்தைக் கொண்டுபோய் ஆற்றில் அலைசினாலும், தோஷம் இல்லை.
English Translation:
Although he take his body and wash it in the river, no fault will be found.",

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?,