Nepali Proverbs

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Nepali 🇳🇵	Literal Translation ↔️	English Equivalent 🇬🇧
हात्तीको मुखमा जीरा।	A cumin seed in the mouth of an elephant.	A drop in the bucket.
जाहाँ ईन्चा त्याहाँ उपाय।	Where there is a will there is a way.
घाँती हेरी हाड निल्नुस।	Look at the throat, swallow the bone.	Don’t bite off more than you can chew.
सास छउन्जेल आस।	As long as there is breath, there is hope
हीड्दैछ पाइला मेद्दैचा।	Walking without leaving a footprint.	In one ear, out the other.
मौका आउछ पर्खदैन बगेको खोला फर्कदैन।	Opportunity flows down the river and doesn’t return.	Opportunity only knocks once.
जसको शक्ती उसको भक्ति।	Who has power has devotion.	Might is right.
नाच्न नजान्ने आँगन टेडो।	Bad dancer — crooked floor.	A bad carpenter blames his tool.
आफ्नो जिउको भैसी नदेख्ने अर्काको जीउको जुम्रा पनि देख्ने।	Not seeing the bison of own body while seeing the louse of another’s body.	Pot calls kettle black.
हतपतको काम लतपत।	Work of haste — waste.	Haste makes waste.
माग्नेलाई तातो भात।	Hot rice to a beggar.
औंला दिदा डुडुलो लिने।	Give a finger, take an arm.
एक पन्थ दो काज।	One path two jobs.	Two birds one stone.
मुखे देखि दौब पनि डराउछ।	Even the god is scared of the fool.