Nepali proverb
जिउदाको जन्ती, मर्दाको मलामी
Jiuda ko janti mardaa ko malaami.
A friend in need is the friend indeed.
Nepali proverb
जात फाल्नु गहतको झोलमा
Jaat faalnu gahat ko jhol maa.
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Jaat faalnu gahat ko jhol maa.
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जुन जोगी आएपनि कानै चिरेको
Jun jogi aaye pani kanai chireko.
Every person who does the same thing have similar characteristics/ Everyone who does no work at all
Nepali proverb
जो होचो उसको मुखमा घोचो
Jo hocho usko mukh maa ghocho.
Whoever is the lowest (in terms of rank/status….etc) gets bullied.
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.
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चौटा खान गएकी बूढी झोलमा डुबेर मरी
Chauta khaana gayeki budi jhol maa dubera mari
Greed leads to even bigger losses
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कङ्गालको जात छैन, बोक्सीको गाउँ छैन
Kangaal ko jaat chhaina, boksi ko gaaun chhaina.
Jata pani dhalna sakne manxe ko bhar hudaie na.
Nepali proverb
चिनाको भात भातै होइन, स्वास्नीको जात जातै होइन
Chinaa ko bhaat bhaatai hoina, swasni ko jaat jaatai hoina
Nepali proverb
गाग्रीमा पानी छैन, तिहुनमा झोल
Gaagri maa paani chhaina, tihun maa jhol.
Nepali proverb
जलै बिष्णु थलै बिष्णु, फाेहर कहाँ फाल्नु
Jalai bisnu thalai bishnu fohor kaha faalnu?
Nepali proverb
टुप्पीभन्दा माथि थात छैन, बाहुनभन्दा माथि जात छैन
Tuppi bhanda maathi thaat chhaina, baahun bhandaa maathi jaat chhaina