ProverbPedia

Tamil Proverb:
தூக்கு உண்டானால் நோக்கு உண்டு.
English Translation:
Gravity inspires respect.,

Tamil Proverb:
"தூங்கினவனது கடாக்குட்டி, விழித்திருந்தவனது ஊட்டுக்குட்டி.
English Translation:
The weaned he-goat belongs to him who slept, the suckling to him who was awake.",

Tamil Proverb:
தூங்காதவனே நீங்காதவன்.
English Translation:
The sleepless is the abiding one.,

Tamil Proverb:
தூக்கி வினைசெய்.
English Translation:
Do a thing after due deliberation.,

Tamil Proverb:
தூக்கி நிறுத்தடா பிணக்காடாய் வெட்டுகிறேன்.
English Translation:
Lift me up you fellow, I will cut them down and convert the place into a burning ground.",

Tamil Proverb:
தூக்கி வளர்த்த பிள்ளையும் துடையில் வைத்துத் தைத்த இலையும் உருப்படாது.
English Translation:
A child brought up in the arms, and a leaf plate stitched when spread on the lap, will not be properly formed.",

Tamil Proverb:
தூக்கி நினைத்து நோக்கிப் பேசு.
English Translation:
Speak after deliberation and circumspection.,

Tamil Proverb:
தூக்கணங்குருவி குரங்கிற்குப் புத்தி சொன்னாற்போல்.
English Translation:
As the hanging-nest bird gave advice to the monkey.The story referred to is graphically told in, I think, Panchatantra. It is as follows: On a cold rainy day a monkey chilled by the inclemency of the weather approached a tree on the branches of which were hanging numerous nests of this ingenious bird. One of the inmates addressed his simian denizen of the forest expressing surprise that a creature endowed with limbs so well fitted for the purpose did not fabricate a suitable place of shelter. The monkey felt the reflection implied in the admonition, and unable to restrain his indignation, jumped into the tree and destroyed the residence of his innocent friend.In my journeys on foot in varions parts of this country I have frequently seen the nests of the pendulous bird. On a tree not many miles from Trincomalie on the eastern coast of Ceylon I once saw perhaps thirty or forty nests hanging from one tree not twenty feet high: they resembled large pears.",

Tamil Proverb:
துன்பம் முந்தி இன்பம் பிந்தி.
English Translation:
Pain precedes, pleasure follows.",

Tamil Proverb:
துன்பத்திற்கு இடம் கொடேல்.
English Translation:
Take care to keep off sickness.,

Tamil Proverb:
"துன்பம் தருகிற காக்கையினது சத்தத்தினால் அதை விரட்டுவார்கள், இன்பம் தருகின்ற குயிலை விரட்டார்கள்.
English Translation:
Men scare away crows because their cries are a nuisance, cuckoos they do not scare away.",

Tamil Proverb:
துறவிக்கு வேந்தன் துரும்பு.
English Translation:
A king is but a straw before an ascetic.,