Sayings competition
By Straight Arrow •
Let us start the competition by typing a saying from your country or culture and explain it.
Each one is allowed to put one saying and two as maximum.
I shall start:
1. Any jar or cup shows what is inside it.
This means that the good person will always show good things and you will hear good things from him/her, on the contrary a bad person will always show bad things and you will only hear bad things from him/her.
Malayalam
1. " MINNUNNATHELLAAM PONNELLA "
- All tht glitters is not gold...
2. " uppu thinnavan vellam kudikkum "
- whoever has eaten salt will drink water
meaning: whoever has done a sin/mistake will suffer (i think so)
Empty vessels makes more NOICE
:D
Neighbour before home.
Means to show the importance of a neighbour.
The monkey is a deer in his mother eye.
Means that the mother will always like her child no matter how he/she is.
if you catch them by their balls...their heart and soul will follow...:)
If you were a wind then you have faced a hurican.
Means if you are strong and powerful then sure you have faced some one who is more powerful than you.
If your house is from glass do not throw stones on people.
This means to be careful for what you say because you can harm your self by saying incorrect things about people.
In Filipino
"Kung ayaw may dahilan, kung gusto may paraan,"
In english, "If there's a will then there's always a way (to do something). Alternatively, if there's a 'no' there's always an excuse.
Bow.
Hindi
"Okhli mein sar diya toh muslo ko kya gin_na"
Literal meaning don't count hits when one puts his head in the hitting pan (a manual grinder) :)
ariya koothu adinalum kariyathil kan veyada thandavakona,,,
meaning:
Even If there is Heavnly dance going on, Dont forget the thing which u r suppose to do at that time....
Every cloud has a silver lining
If I am not wrong this means everybody in life has a good time inspite of all odds in our lives
"Arulai arkai dhanda, ghar jwai lai khane nai dhanda" in Nepali.
Meaning if translated: While others are busy in other worries, all that live-in son-in-law thinks of is about his meals.
It is used for people who are so engrossed in their own world that they ignore problems of people around them.
Same saying in our language
3. LOHA GARAM HATHOODA MAAR!
Strike when Iron is hot
I won't be telling any saying which tells you to do good or anything, just remembering the sayings my grandmother used to use on us in daily life, most of them were used to scold us :P
Another one in my local dialect,
Bahuaan haath chor maraana
To try and get your work done through someone else, specially someone who is not in a position to say no.
Strike while the iron is hot
well done whyteknight
Here is another one
3. Hit the steel when it is hot.
This is said when there is a chance to something or encouraging to take the opportunities.
Ok in my local dialect,
1, Sarai kutiya maand me doobe.
It means that if you praise someone too much, he will immediately do something to disgrace himself.