Indian Idioms and Proverbs

2015-06-06T20:02:00.001-04:00

Namak mirch lagana.

To apply salt and red pepper.

To exaggerate.

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Ghat ghat ka pani peena.

Drinking water front shore to shore.

To have gained knowledge thorough personal experiences even bad ones.

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Gur gobar bona

Jaggery mixing with horseshit

Things going horribly wrong.

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Khatayi me in panda

To fall into sour mango powder

To fall into trouble.

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Maska/Makhan lagana

To put butter
To do buttering, or trying to appease someone to get gains.

2015-06-06T19:48:00.003-04:00

Bin pendi ka loot

Jar without a base

Wishy-washy.

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Chakki pisna

Grinding on stonegrinder

Extreme hard work done using force and without rewards.

2015-06-06T19:43:00.001-04:00

Kaleja mooh ko Alana

Liver coming to the mouth

Extremely nervousness.

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Do waqt ki roti

Twice a day flatbread

Foursquare meals.

2015-06-06T19:38:00.000-04:00

Kutte ko kheer hazam nahi hoti

Dog cannot digest sweet pudding

Someone whose not worthy, will not be appreciative of finer things or circumstances.

2015-06-06T19:35:00.002-04:00

Pet meh chuhe kudna

Rats jumping in stomach

Extremely hungry.

2015-06-06T19:31:00.001-04:00

Seene pe moong dalna

To grind lentil on chest

To trouble someone endlessly

2015-05-26T21:05:00.002-04:00

Thali ka baigan.

Eggplant of the plate.

Meaning: To shift loyalties under circumstances.

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Papad belna.

To roll out Papad.

Meaning: To put in immense hard work.

2015-05-26T21:03:00.001-04:00

Apni kitchdi alag pakana

To cook ones kitchdi separately.

Difference of opinion in a group.

2015-05-26T21:01:00.001-04:00

Doodh ki nadiya bhayna.

Milk rivers flowing.

To live in extreme affluence or to spend extravagantly.

2015-05-26T20:59:00.001-04:00

Aate daal ka bhav pata chalna.

To know the value of wheat and lentils.

Meaning: To step into the real world and struggle.

2015-05-26T20:58:00.001-04:00

Aam ke aam, gutliyon ke dam.

Price of mangoes along with price of pits/seeds.

Meaning: Double benefit.

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Kaha Raja Bhog, Kaha Gangu Teli

Where King Bhoj, Where Gangu masseuse

There is no comparison between the economic conditions of two said people.

Naak Mein Dum Aana

2015-05-23T02:14:00.001-04:00

Pressure in nose.

Completely fed up. Bothersome issue.

2013-08-11T23:30:00.000-04:00

Sar Salamat, to Pagdi hazaar.

English : If your head is intact, you can have a thousand turbans.

Meaning : In troubled times, save yourself first, everything else is unimportant.

2013-08-11T23:28:00.002-04:00

Ek haath se taali nahin bajati

English: One hand alone cannot clap
Meaning : It takes two to quarrel

2013-08-11T23:27:00.004-04:00

Okhali mein sir diyaa to musal se kya Darana.

English: If you have put your head into the mortar then why fear of the pestle.

Meaning: If you have started a difficult task, don't bother about the outcome.

Aant Bhala To Sab Bhala

2012-11-01T22:09:00.002-04:00

end well so all is well.

All is well if end is well.

Oonchi Dukan Pheka Pakwaan

2012-11-01T22:06:00.000-04:00

high shop, vapid food.

only the perception of status is high but the reality is something else.