Nepali proverb
एक कान दुई कान मैदान
Ek kaan dui kaan maidaan.
Ek jana laie kei kura vane paxi gau vari ka laie tyo kura bare thana hunxa.
Nepali proverb
एउटा पोईको दुईटा जोई, ख्वाउने बेलामा कोही न कोही
Euta poi ko duita joi, khuwaune bela maa kohi na kohi.
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Euta poi ko duita joi, khuwaune bela maa kohi na kohi.
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Nepali proverb
एक कानले सुन्यो, अर्को कानले उडायो
Ek kaan le sunyo, arko kaan le udaayo.
Aru le vaneko ko kura hawa ma udaune.
Nepali proverb
एक पटकको चोर सधैँको चोर
Ek patak ko chor sadhai ko chor.
Ek patak aru ko naramro najar ma pare paxi tyo manxe sadaie naramrai hunxa. / Once you earn bad name, it will always be with you
Proverbs that share words with this one
Nepali proverbs reuse the same images — the same animals, tools and weather — to land different lessons. These use some of the same words.
Nepali proverb
राम राम सीता पोइ, मर्ने बेला कोही न कोही
Ram Ram Sita Poi, marne bela kohi na kohi.
Nepali proverb
एउटा थाप्लो दुईटा नाम्लो
Euta thaplo duita namlo
Euta kaam garna garo vaie rako bela arko kaam thapnu.
Nepali proverb
गु पुछेको टालो पनी बेलामा काम लाग्छ
Gu puchheko taalo pani bela maa kaam laagchha.
One man's trash is another man's wealth.
Nepali proverb
हग्ने बेलामा चक खोज्नु
hagne bela ma chak khojnu
antim samaya ma kehi garnu
Nepali proverb
लगनको बेला हगन
Lagan ko bela hagan.
Engaging in inappropriate or disrespectful behavior during moments of significance
Nepali proverb
मान्छेमा ईख, सर्पमा बिष नभए कोही डराउदैन
Maanche maa ikh, sarpa maa bish nabhaye kohi daraudaina.
Beware of a man's pride like you would a snake's poison