हात्ती छिर्यो पुच्छर अड्क्यो
Haatti chhiryo, puchhar adkyo.
Big problems are resolved but the small one is holding it.
Haatti udaaune bataas aayo piuri khojchhes raand.
Haatti udaaune bataas aayo piuri khojchhes raand.
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Haatti chhiryo, puchhar adkyo.
Big problems are resolved but the small one is holding it.
Hatti ko mukh maa jira.
A drop in the ocean.
Hawa nachali paat hallidaina.
Bigger event affecting the outcome of smaller event
Nepali proverbs reuse the same images — the same animals, tools and weather — to land different lessons. These use some of the same words.
Aayo gayo maya moha, aayena gayena ko ho ko ho.
Family/friends who have always been there matter the most
Haatti chhiryo, puchhar adkyo.
Big problems are resolved but the small one is holding it.
Haatti ko dui woata daant hunchha, euta khaane, arko dekhaaune.
Cruelty under politeness.
Hatti aayo hatti aayo fussaa.
Not getting anything as expected or promised.
Jasari aayo, tesari gayo.
chitha parera aako paisa useless kaam mai karcha hunxa
Bahra barsha maa poi aayo, mai raadi lai jworo aayo.