अगुल्टाले हानेको कुकुर बिजुली चम्कँदा तर्सन्छ | -A burnt child dreads the fire-A scolded dog fears cold waters-Once bitten twice shy. |
अघाएको भन्छ डाँडा पारि खाउँ , भोकाएको भन्छ डाँडावारि खाउँ | -He who is warm thinks all are so. |
अचानाको पीर खुकुरीले जान्दैन | -No one knows the weight of another’s burden-He who never felt a wound jests at scars. |
अति सर्वत्र वर्जयेत्, अतिदर्पे हता लङ्का । उफ्रने गोरुको सीङ् भाँचिन्छ । उम्ले पोखिन्छ दगुरे लडिन्छ । | -Too much breaks the bag.-Pride goes before destruction.-Pride has its fall. |
अन्धाको देशमा कानो राजा । | -Figure among cyphers. |
अभागीलाई कहिले हुन्थ्यो वैकुण्ठ जान । | -Butter will not melt in his mouth. |
अभागीलाई खाने बेलामा रिस उठ्छ । | -Once unlucky always unlucky. |
आफ्नो आङको भैँसी नदेख्ने अर्काको आङको जुम्रा देख्ने । | -No one looks at his own fault. |
अल्प विद्या भयङ्करी । | -Little knowledge is dangerous. |
मौका आउँछ पर्खदैन बगेको खोला फर्कदैन । | -Time and tides waits for none. |
आकाशको फल आँखा तरी मर । | -If the sky falls we will catch the larks. |
आतुरी परेको मानिसका लागि नियमै छैन । | -Necessity knows no law. |
आपत्ति पर्दा मानिसले जेको पनि आश्रय लिन्छ । | -A drowning man catches at a straw. |
आफू त महादेव कसले देला वर । | -Himself beggar and a beggar at the door. |
आफू भलो त जगत् भलो । | -Good mind, good find. |
आफ्नै भातमा माड काडे मात्रै हुन्छ । | -Home first, the world afterwards.-Charity begins at home. |
आफ्नो रुचि खानु अर्काको रुचि लाउनु । | -Eat to please thyself but dress to please others. |
इतो नष्ट: ततो भ्रष्ट: । | -Catch the shadow and lose the substance. |
इन्द्रका अगाडि स्वर्गको बयान । | -Carrying coal to new castle. |
ईश्वर दाहिनु भए कसको के लाग्छ? | -When God is kind all are favorable. |
ईश्वरेच्छा बलीयसी । | -God’s will be done. |
एक दिनको पाहुना मीठो- मीठो खा, दुई दिनको पाहुना जसोतसो खा, धेरै दिनको पाहुना जतासुकै जा । | -One day a guest, two days a guest, three days a pest. |
एक हातले ताली बज्दैन । | -It takes two to make a quarrel.-One flower makes no garland. |
Nepali proverbs with their English Equivalents
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