अरूले हात्ती चढे भनेर आफूले धुरी चढ्नु हुँदैन
Aru le hatti chade bhanera aafu le dhuri chadnu hudaina.
One should not imitate others' mistakes, but learn from them instead
Aalu khaayera pedaa ko dhaak.
Acting arrogantly due to intoxication, without realizing that the perceived courage is not real
Aru le hatti chade bhanera aafu le dhuri chadnu hudaina.
One should not imitate others' mistakes, but learn from them instead
Ahankari bhyaguto ko twar twar nai thulo
The conceited think their own faults are small
Aayimai ko pet maa kura pachhdaina.
A Person who can't keep secrets
Nepali proverbs reuse the same images — the same animals, tools and weather — to land different lessons. These use some of the same words.
Harro napaune le jaifal ko dhaak
One who doesn't even posses a small thing of value, faunting even a bigger thing of much greater value
Dhaak bhanda dhakku thulo, hidne bela khutta lulo.
Dhan kamai dhaak, saathi kamali laakh