Thai Idioms & Proverbs
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Common Thai idioms and proverbs with their literal meaning and real-world sense.
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- 1Same same but differentเหมือนกัน แต่ต่างกัน (similar but not exactly the same)
- 2The water is flowing down, the fish is swimming upน้ำไหลลงมา ปลาว่ายขึ้น (going against the flow)
- 3Ride the elephant to catch the grasshopperขี่ช้างจับตั๊กแตน (using excessive force for small task)
- 4Water that has flowed cannot flow backน้ำที่หกไม่คืนทอด (what's done is done)
- 5Like a frog under a coconut shellเหมือนกบอยู่ใต้กะลา (narrow-minded, sheltered)
- 6Enter the forest, don't disturb the grass; enter the water, don't make wavesเข้าป่าอย่ารบกวนหญ้า เข้าน้ำอย่าทำคลื่น (be respectful, don't cause trouble)
- 7A dog barks at the moonสุนัขเห่าหมาจันทร์ (futile complaint)
- 8Beating around the bushพูดอ้อมค้อม (indirect speech)
- 9A tiger without teethเสือไร้เขี้ยว (powerless authority)
- 10To be like a blind buffaloเหมือนควายตาบอด (ignorant, clueless)
- 11As if entering a treasure caveเหมือนเข้าถ้ำขุมทรัพย์ (very fortunate situation)
- 12To have a chicken farm near the houseมีฟาร์มไก่ใกล้บ้าน (convenient access)
- 13Like a cat watching milkเหมือนแมวมองนม (watching greedily)
- 14A tree that stands tall gets the windต้นไม้ที่สูงจะโดนลม (tall poppy syndrome)
- 15If you want to eat durian, you must endure the thornsกินทุเรียนต้องทนหนาม (no pain, no gain)
- 16Empty rice fields make loud noiseข้าวสารว่างเปล่าทำเสียงดัง (empty vessels make most noise)
- 17Don't cut the grass at the rootอย่าตัดหญ้าที่โคน (don't burn bridges)
- 18Born on the train tracksเกิดบนรางรถไฟ (very stubborn)
- 19Selling fried bananas in front of a banana plantationขายกล้วยทอดหน้าสวนกล้วย (selling ice to Eskimos)
- 20If you raise a tiger, it will eventually bite youเลี้ยงเสือมันกัด (feed a snake, it will bite)
- 21Climbing up a tamarind tree to escape a tiger, meeting a bearหนีเสือปะจระเข้ (out of frying pan into fire)
- 22One hand cannot clapมือข้างเดียวตบไม่ดัง (it takes two to tango)
- 23To feed the deadให้อาหารคนตาย (waste of effort)
- 24A buffalo is lazy, but its tail works hardควายขี้เกียจแต่หางตั้งใจ (doing minimal work)
- 25Better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of an oxเป็นหัวไก่ดีกว่าหางควาย (better small boss than big subordinate)
- 26Following like a shadowติดตามเหมือนเงา (constantly following)
- 27Sweet as honey on the lips, sharp as a razor in the heartปากหวานหัวใจคม (sweet talker with bad intentions)
- 28A full stomach doesn't know a hungry stomachอิ่มไม่รู้หิว (privileged don't understand hardship)
- 29Like a crow scorning the blackness of a ravenอีกาว่ากาดำ (pot calling kettle black)
- 30A tiger in front, a crocodile behindเสือหน้าจระเข้หลัง (caught between two dangers)
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