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 सियो चोर अर्को फाली चोर
Euta siyo chor, arko faali chor.
How to read it
Euta siyo chor, arko faali chor.
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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
सियो बनेर पस्ने, फालि बनेर निस्कने
Siyo banera pasne, faali banera niskane.
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
Nepali proverb
हाती को दुइटा दात हुन्छ, एउटा खाने अर्को देखाउने
Haatti ko dui woata daant hunchha, euta khaane, arko dekhaaune.
Cruelty under politeness.
Nepali proverb
कतै दिन, कतै रात, एकातिर भोक अर्कोतिर भात
Katai din, katai raat, ekaatira bhok arko tira bhaat.
Kosaie laie dhuka paie rako bela arko manxe ramaie lo gari rako hunxa.
Nepali proverb
सियो हराएको दमाइँ जस्तो
Siyo haraayeko damai jasto
Acting like you have lost all your identity