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“Tamil Proverb:
வயித்தியன் தலைமாட்டில் இருந்து அழுததுபோல.”
— English Translation:
As the physician wept at the head of the bed.,

“Tamil Proverb:
வயித்தியன் கையைப் பார்த்து வாக்கிட்டதுபோல.”
— "English Translation:
As the physician, after feeling the pulse, gave his opinion.",

“Tamil Proverb:
"வயித்தியனுக்கு மோக்ஷம் இல்லை, உவாத்திக்கு மோக்ஷ வழி உண்டு .”
— ","English Translation:
A physician does not attain heaven, a teacher may.",

“Tamil Proverb:
வயிராக்கியத்துக்கு அம்பட்டக் கத்தியை விழுங்குகிறதா?”
— English Translation:
Will enthusiasm induce one to swallow a razor?,

“Tamil Proverb:
வயித்தியன் கைவிட்டதுபோல.”
— English Translation:
As given up by a physician.,

“Tamil Proverb:
வயிறு நிரம்பினால் பானை மூடாள்.”
— English Translation:
She will not cover the rice-pot if her belly is full.,

“Tamil Proverb:
வயிற்றுச் சோற்றுக்காக வயித்தீசுவரன் கோவில்மட்டும் நடப்பான்.”
— "English Translation:
He will walk as far as Vaidiswaran kòvil, if he can get a meal.",

“Tamil Proverb:
வயிறாரப் போசனமும் அரையாறப் புடைவையும் இல்லை.”
— "English Translation:
No food for the stomach, nor cloth to for the waist.",

“Tamil Proverb:
வயிற்றைக் கீறிக் காண்பித்தாலும் மா இந்திர ஜாலம் என்பார்.”
— "English Translation:
If one should cut open his belly to prove his innocence, even then they would attribute it to jugglery.",

“Tamil Proverb:
வயிற்றுக் குடலைக் காட்டினாலும் வாழை நார் என்கிறான்.”
— "English Translation:
Although the entrails be shown to him, he says they ate only the fibre of the plantain tree.",

“Tamil Proverb:
வயிற்றுப் பிள்ளையை நம்பி மாடு மேய்க்கிற பிள்ளையைப் பறிகொடுத்தாற்போல.”
— "English Translation:
As if one suffered herself to be deprived of her son, who was tending cattle, in anticipation of a child in the womb.",

“Tamil Proverb:
"வயிற்றுப் பாம்புக்குக் கடுகும், வளைப் பாம்புக்கு வெந்நீரும் இடு.”
— ","English Translation:
Take mustard to kill the maw-worm, and pour hot water to kill a snake in a hole.",

“Tamil Proverb:
வயல் முயற்சியில் தானியம் உண்டாம்.”
— English Translation:
The labour of the field brings grain.,

“Tamil Proverb:
வண்ணான் துறையில் முயல்போல.”
— English Translation:
Like a hare at the washerman’s washing place.,

“Tamil Proverb:
வண்ணானுக்குப் போனான் வண்ணாத்திக்கு வந்தான்.”
— "English Translation:
To the washerman, his name was “gone;” to the washer-woman, “come.”This proverb is explained as follows:—a washerman engaged a servant who gave his name as Pónán, he is gone. In the absence of her husband he told the washer-woman that his name was Vandán, he is come.The washerman wanting the man called him by name,-Pónáu. At the same moment the wife called the man by his other name Vandán. The washerman thereupon concluded that the servant had gone to his wife. Again he called as before, and his wife also called. As the servant did not come to him, the washerman became angry and went to his wife when an altercation took place. The matter being explained, they suspected that something was wrong, and soon found that the man had made off with their savings, and that he had given the two names to serve his secret purpose.",

“Tamil Proverb:
வட்டுவத்தின்மேல் சொட்டுப் போட்டால் வட்டுவத்திற்கு மாத்தரமா படும்?”
— "English Translation:
Will a slap on a betel-pouch, affect the pouch only?",