Common Proverbs in English – Hindi Meaning
- A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
नाच ना जाने आँगन टेड़ा ।
- A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
नौ नगद न तेरह उधार ।
- A blind man is no judge of colours.
अँधा क्या जाने बसंत की बहार ।
- A burnt child dreads the fire.
दूध का जला छांछ भी फुंक फूंक कर पीता है ।
- A closed mouth catches no flies.
बिना रोए माँ भी दूध नहीं देती ।
- A drowning man will catch at a straw.
डूबते को तिनके का सहारा ।
- A friend in need is a friend indeed.
मित्र वह जो बिपत्ति में काम आए ।
- A figure among cyphers.
अंधों में काना राजा ।
- A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
चोर की दाढ़ी में तिनका ।
- A lie has no legs to stand.
झूठ के पावं कहाँ ।
- A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
नीम हाकिम खतरा-ऐ-जान ।
- A man is known by the company he keeps.
मनुष्य अपनी संगत से पहचाना जाता है ।
- A nod for the wise, a rod for the fool.
लातो के भूत बातों से नहीं मानते ।
- A stitch in time saves nine.
समय पर मरम्मत करना हानि से बचना है ।
- A wolf in Lamb’s clothing.
बगल में छुरी मुंह में राम राम ।
- All is well that ends well.
अंत भला सो भला ।
- All that glitters is not gold.
हर चमकने वाली वस्तु सोना नहीं होती ।
- An open door will attempt even a saint.
मुफ्त की शराब काज़ी को भी हलाल है ।
- A rolling stone gathers no moss
धोभी का कुत्ता न घर का न घाट का ।
- As you sow, so shall you reap?
जैसे बोओगे वैसे काटोगे ।
- Barking dog seldom bite.
जो गरजते है बरसते नहीं ।
- Beauty requires no ornament.
नहीं मुहताज जेवर का जिसे खूबी खुदा ने दी ।
- Better alone than in bad company.
बुरी संगत से अकेला भला ।
- Better late than never.
न होने से देर से काम होना अच्छा ।
- Between two stools one falls to the ground.
दुबिधा में दोनों गए, माया मिली न राम ।
- Birds of the same feather flock together.
चोर के साथी चोर ।
- Blood is thicker than water.
अपना-अपना पराया-पराया ।
- Charity begins at home.
दान पहले घर से शुरू होता है ।
- Cleanliness is next to godliness.
स्वच्छता ईश्वरी गुण है ।
- Cut your coat according to your cloth.
जितना चादर देखो उतने पावं पसारो ।
- Death keeps no calendar.
मौत का कोई समय नहीं ।
- Death’s day is the doom’s day.
आप मरे जग परलो ।
- Diamond cuts diamond.
लोहा लोहे को काटता है ।
- Do in Roman as the Romans do.
जैसा देश वैसा भेस ।
- Do not putt off till tomorrow what you can do today.
आज का काम कल पे मत छोड़ो ।
- East or west, home is the best.
जो सुख छज्जू दे चुबारे न बलख न बुखारे ।
- Either a feast or a fast.
ईद या रोज़ा ।
- Empty vessels make much noise.
थोथा चना बाजे घना ।
- Every bird likes its own nest best.
अपना पूत सभी को प्यारा ।
- Every dog has his day.
दस बर्ष बाद खंडहर की भी सुनी जाती है ।
- Face is the index of mind.
चेहरा दिल का दर्पन है ।
- Far from eye, far from the heart. (out of sight, out of mind)
आँख ओझल पहाड़ ओझल
- From a bad paymaster get what you can.
भागते चोर की लंगोटी ही सही
- God helps those who help themselves.
ईश्वर उनकी सहायता करता है जो अपनी सहायता आप करते है ।
- Good swimmers at length are drowned.
आखिर तैराक भी डूबता है ।
- Grapes are sour.
अंगूर खट्टे है ।
- Greater boast, little roast. (Much cry little wool)
ऊँची दुकान फीका पकवान ।
- Handsome is that handsome does.
अच्छे काम में ही सुंदरता है ।
- He that doth lend doth lose his friends.
उधार प्रेम की कैंची है ।
- Health is better than wealth.
स्वास्थ्य हज़ार नेमत है ।
- Honesty is the best policy.
ईमानदारी सबसे अच्छी साख है ।
- He who digs a pit for others falls himself into it.
दूसरों की लिए कुआँ खोदने वाला स्वयं उसमें गिरेगा ।
- Hope sustains life.
दुनिया आशा पर निर्भर है ।
- High winds blow on high hills.
बड़ों की बड़ी बात ।
- I stout, thou stout, who shall bring the water out.
में भी रानी, तू भी रानी कौन भरे कुंए से पानी ।
- Idleness is the rust of mind.
बेकार से बेगार अच्छी ।
- It is no use crying over spilt milk.
अब पछताए होत क्या जब चिड़िया चुग गई खेत ।
- It is not lost that comes at last.
सुबह का भुला हुआ शाम को घर आ जाए तो भूला हुआ नहीं कहलाता ।
- It never rains but it pours.
ईश्वर जब देता है तो छप्पर फाड़ कर देता है ।
- It takes two to make a quarrel.
एक हाथ से ताली नहीं बजती ।
- Ill got, ill-spent.
शूम का धन शैतान खाता है ।
- Jack of all trades, but master of none.
हरफन मौला ।
- Let bygones be bygones.
बीती को भूल जाओ ।
- Let us see which side the wind blows.
देखिये ऊंट किस करवट बैठता है ।
- Look before you leap.
बोलने से पहले तोलो ।
- Lo! A sinner goes on pilgrimage.
नौ सौ चूहे खा के बिल्ली हज को चली ।
- Make hay while the sunshine.
बहती गंगा में हाथ धो लो ।
- Man proposes God disposes.
मनुष्य बनाये ईश्वर ढाए ।
- Many a little makes a mickle.
बूंद-बूंद कर घड़ा भरता है ।
- Might is right.
जिसकी लाठी उसकी भैंस ।
- Much ado about nothing.
खोदा पहाड़ निकला चूहा ।
- Money makes the mare go.
दाम बनाए काम ।
- Nearer the church, farther from God.
चिराग तले अँधेरा ।
- Necessity is the mother of invention.
आवश्यकता अविष्कार की जननी है ।
- Nip the evil in the bud.
बुराई को जड़ से उखेड़ो ।
- One flower makes no garland. (One swallow does not make a summer)
एक फूल से माला नहीं बनती ।
- Out of frying pan into the fire.
आकाश से गिरा खजूर में अटका ।
- Penny wise pound foolish.
जाट गन्ना ना दे, गुड़ की भेली दे ।
- Poverty breeds contempt.
गरीबी झगड़े की जड़ है ।
- Practice makes a man perfect.
महारत मनुष्य को योग्य बनाती है ।
- Pride will have a fall.
घमंडी का सिर नीचा ।
- Prevention is better than cure.
इलाज से परहेज अच्छा है ।
- Riches have wings.
लक्ष्मी चंचल होती है ।
- Rome was not built in a day.
हथेली पर सरसों नहीं जमती ।
- Self-praise is no recommendation.
अपने मुँह मिया मिट्ठू ।
- Slow and steady wins the race.
सहज पके सो मीठा हो ।
- Spare the rod and spoil the child.
बिना मारे बच्चा नहीं सुधरता ।
- Still waters run deep.
भरी गगरिया चुप्पे जाए ।
- Strike the iron while it is hot.
अवसर को कभी नहीं गवाएं ।
- The wearer knows where the shoe pinches.
दुःखी ही दुःख जानता है ।
- Tit for tat.
जैसे को तैसा ।
- To kill two birds with one stone.
एक पंथ दो काज ।
- The rotten apple injures its neighbour. (On fish makes the whole water muddy)
एक मछली सारे तालाब को गन्दा करती है ।
- The voice of the people is the voice of God.
प्रजा की आवाज ईश्वर की आवाज़ समझो ।
- Time once lost can never be recalled.
गया समय फिर नहीं आता ।
- Time and tide wait for no man.
समय किसी का इन्तजार नहीं करता ।
- To carry coals to New Castle.
उलटे बाँस बरेली को ।
- To build castles in the air.
हवाई किले बनाना ।
- To rob Peter, to pay Paul.
करे कोई भरे कोई ।
- Truth fears no examination.
साँच को आँच नहीं ।
- Two of a trade seldom agree.
कुत्ते का कुत्ता बैरी ।
- Truth is always bitter.
सच्ची बात कड़वी होती है ।
- Union is strength.
संगठन में शक्ति है ।
- What cannot be cured must be endured.
कहरे दरवेश बर जाने दरवेश ।
- When the cat is away, the mice will play.
घर वाले घर नहीं हमें किसी का डर नहीं ।
- Where there is a will, there is a way.
जहाँ चाह, वहां राह ।