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“Tamil Proverb:
சாட்டை இல்லாப் பம்பரம் ஆட்டிவைக்க வல்லவன்.”
— English Translation:
He is able to spin a top without a string.,

“Tamil Proverb:
சாண் பாம்பானாலும் முழத் தடி வேண்டும்.”
— "English Translation:
Although the snake may be only a span-long, a stick a cubit long is required to kill it.",

“Tamil Proverb:
சாட்சிக்காரன் காலில் விழுவதினும் சண்டைக்காரன் காலில் விழலாம்.”
— English Translation:
Better to fall at the feet of an opponent than at the feet of witnesses.,

“Tamil Proverb:
சாண் பிள்ளையோ ஆண் பிள்ளையோ?”
— English Translation:
Is it a span-long child or a bold man?,

“Tamil Proverb:
சாட்டு இல்லாமற் சாவு இல்லை.”
— English Translation:
No death occurs without an ostensible cause.,

“Tamil Proverb:
சாட்டை இல்லாப் பம்பரம் ஆடுமா?”
— English Translation:
Will a top spin without a string?,

“Tamil Proverb:
"சாணான் எச்சில் கருப்புக்கட்டி, சர்க்கரை வெல்லம் உழவன் எச்சில்.”
— ","English Translation:
Course sugar is defiled by a chanan’s-tree climber-saliva, and sugar by that of a ploughman.",

“Tamil Proverb:
சாகிறவன் சனியனுக்குப் பயப்படுவானா?”
— English Translation:
Will one who is dying be afraid of Saturn?,

“Tamil Proverb:
சாகிறதுபோல் இருந்து வியாதி தீருகிறதும் உண்டு.”
— English Translation:
They who were apparently dying have recovered.,

“Tamil Proverb:
சாகிறவனுக்குச் சமுத்திரம் முழங்கால் ஆழம்.”
— English Translation:
The ocean is but knee-deep to him who is dying.,

“Tamil Proverb:
சனத்தோடு சனம் சேரும் சந்தனத்தோடு கர்ப்பூரம் சேரும்.”
— "English Translation:
Men associate with men, camphor and sandal paste blend together.",

“Tamil Proverb:
சனப்பலம் இருந்தால் மனப் பலம் வரும்.”
— English Translation:
When a man has a strong party he will act with decision.,

“Tamil Proverb:
சனி நீராடு.”
— "English Translation:
Bathe on Saturdays.This proverb is regarded by the people among whom I have lived as equivalent to a command, and is obeyed as such, by observing Saturday as a bathing day.Some interpreters put another construction upon it, making the word, usually translated Saturday, a verb, meaning to spring as water, and render it, bathe in springing, fresh, cool water. In some parts of the country, men bathe on Saturday, while women bathe on Friday or Monday. To bathe on Tuesday is regarded as fatal if repeated again and again.",

“Tamil Proverb:
சனி பிடித்ததோ சனியன் பிடித்ததோ?”
— "English Translation:
Has Saturn seized, or one possessed by him, seized?",

“Tamil Proverb:
சனிப் பிணம் தனிப்போகாது.”
— "English Translation:
A Saturday corpse goes not alone.To avert evil as far as possible, it is not uncommon, with reference to the prevailing opinion expressed in this proverb, for Hindus to bury a fowl when a death happens on Saturday. A Native friend informed me that he saw a chicken put into the coffin of a deceased Native Christian. I have been informed that on some occasions the fowl is carried alive to the place of incremation or burial, the people scattering various kinds of grain on the way. In this case the fowl is killed near the corpse and its blood is sprinkled upon it.",

“Tamil Proverb:
சனியனை விலைக்கு வாங்கினதுபோல.”
— English Translation:
Like procuring Saturn at a price.,