Nepali proverb
हात्तीको मुखमा जीरा
Hatti ko mukh maa jira.
A drop in the ocean.
Nepali proverb
हात्ती छिर्यो पुच्छर अड्क्यो
Haatti chhiryo, puchhar adkyo.
What it means
Big problems are resolved but the small one is holding it.
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Nepali proverb
हावा नचली पात हल्लिंदैन
Hawa nachali paat hallidaina.
Bigger event affecting the outcome of smaller event
Nepali proverb
हुने बिरुवाको चिल्लो पात
Hune beruwa ko chillo paat.
The prodigies display talent from an early age
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
हाती को दुइटा दात हुन्छ, एउटा खाने अर्को देखाउने
Haatti ko dui woata daant hunchha, euta khaane, arko dekhaaune.
Cruelty under politeness.
Nepali proverb
बादरको पुच्छर टाई न इँजार
Badar ko puchhar tai na ijaar
Nepali proverb
हात्ती उडाउने बतास आयो पिउरी खोज्छेस् राँड
Haatti udaaune bataas aayo piuri khojchhes raand.