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Hindi Idioms & Proverbs

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Common Hindi idioms and proverbs with literal meaning and figurative sense, Hindi → English.

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आँख का तारा (ā̃kh kā tārā)

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  1. 1आँख का तारा (ā̃kh kā tārā)
    Lit: 'star of the eye' | Meaning: someone very dear, the apple of one's eye
  2. 2अंधों में काना राजा (andhõ mẽ kānā rājā)
    Lit: 'among the blind, the one-eyed is king' | Meaning: in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
  3. 3आसमान से गिरा, खजूर में अटका (āsmān se girā, khajūr mẽ aṭkā)
    Lit: 'fell from sky, stuck in date palm' | Meaning: out of the frying pan, into the fire
  4. 4एक तीर से दो शिकार (ek tīr se do śikār)
    Lit: 'two prey with one arrow' | Meaning: to kill two birds with one stone
  5. 5ऊँट के मुँह में जीरा (ū̃ṭ ke mũh mẽ jīrā)
    Lit: 'cumin in camel's mouth' | Meaning: a drop in the ocean, inadequate amount
  6. 6कहाँ राजा भोज, कहाँ गंगू तेली (kahā̃ rājā bhoj, kahā̃ gaṅgū telī)
    Lit: 'where is King Bhoj, where is Gangu the oilman' | Meaning: no comparison between two things/people
  7. 7खोदा पहाड़, निकली चुहिया (khodā pahāṛ, niklī chuhiyā)
    Lit: 'dug mountain, found mouse' | Meaning: much ado about nothing, mountain made of a molehill
  8. 8घर की मुर्गी दाल बराबर (ghar kī murgī dāl barābar)
    Lit: 'home chicken equals lentils' | Meaning: familiarity breeds contempt, what's easily available is not valued
  9. 9चोर की दाढ़ी में तिनका (chor kī dāṛhī mẽ tinkā)
    Lit: 'straw in thief's beard' | Meaning: a guilty conscience needs no accuser
  10. 10छठी का दूध याद आना (chaṭhī kā dūdh yād ānā)
    Lit: 'to remember sixth day's milk' | Meaning: to be in deep trouble, to regret deeply
  11. 11जल में रहकर मगर से बैर (jal mẽ rahkar magar se bair)
    Lit: 'living in water, enmity with crocodile' | Meaning: don't quarrel with powerful when in their domain
  12. 12जान है तो जहान है (jān hai to jahān hai)
    Lit: 'if there's life, there's the world' | Meaning: life is precious, where there's life, there's hope
  13. 13जैसी करनी, वैसी भरनी (jaisī karnī, vaisī bharnī)
    Lit: 'as you do, so you reap' | Meaning: as you sow, so shall you reap; karma
  14. 14दूध का दूध, पानी का पानी (dūdh kā dūdh, pānī kā pānī)
    Lit: 'milk is milk, water is water' | Meaning: to separate right from wrong, justice done
  15. 15दाल में कुछ काला है (dāl mẽ kuch kālā hai)
    Lit: 'something black in the lentils' | Meaning: something fishy is going on, something suspicious
  16. 16नाच न जाने आँगन टेढ़ा (nāch na jāne āṅgan ṭeṛhā)
    Lit: 'doesn't know dancing, blames crooked courtyard' | Meaning: a bad workman blames his tools
  17. 17नौ दो ग्यारह होना (nau do gyārah honā)
    Lit: 'nine two eleven to be' | Meaning: to run away, to flee, to disappear quickly
  18. 18पहाड़ और चूहा (pahāṛ aur chūhā)
    Lit: 'mountain and mouse' | Meaning: making a mountain out of a molehill
  19. 19बंदर क्या जाने अदरक का स्वाद (bandar kyā jāne adarak kā svād)
    Lit: 'what does monkey know about ginger's taste' | Meaning: pearls before swine, unappreciative audience
  20. 20बिल्ली के भाग्य से छींका टूटा (billī ke bhāgya se chīṅkā ṭūṭā)
    Lit: 'by cat's fortune, the pitcher broke' | Meaning: lucky break, fortunate accident
  21. 21मुँह में राम, बगल में छुरी (mũh mẽ rām, bagal mẽ churī)
    Lit: 'Ram in mouth, knife under arm' | Meaning: speaking sweetly but harboring evil intentions
  22. 22रात गई बात गई (rāt gaī bāt gaī)
    Lit: 'night gone, talk gone' | Meaning: let bygones be bygones
  23. 23सौ सुनार की, एक लुहार की (sau sunār kī, ek luhār kī)
    Lit: 'hundred of goldsmith's, one of blacksmith's' | Meaning: one decisive blow is better than many small efforts
  24. 24हाथी के दाँत खाने के और, दिखाने के और (hāthī ke dā̃t khāne ke aur, dikhāne ke aur)
    Lit: 'elephant has teeth for eating and teeth for showing' | Meaning: reality vs. appearance, saying and doing are different
  25. 25आँख मूंदकर (ā̃kh mū̃dkar)
    Lit: 'with eyes closed' | Meaning: blindly, without thinking
  26. 26कान भरना (kān bharnā)
    Lit: 'to fill ears' | Meaning: to speak ill of someone, to poison someone's mind
  27. 27मुँह में पानी आना (mũh mẽ pānī ānā)
    Lit: 'water coming to mouth' | Meaning: mouth-watering, to make one's mouth water
  28. 28हाथ धोना (hāth dhonā)
    Lit: 'to wash hands' | Meaning: to lose something, to give up on something
  29. 29पेट में चूहे कूदना (peṭ mẽ chūhe kūdnā)
    Lit: 'mice jumping in stomach' | Meaning: to be very hungry
  30. 30आँखों में धूल झोंकना (ā̃khõ mẽ dhūl jhõknā)
    Lit: 'to throw dust in eyes' | Meaning: to deceive, to trick someone

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