खाने मुखलाई जुँगाले छेक्दैन
Khaane mukh lai jungaa le chhekdaina
Where there is will there is way.
Khane bela ghin nasamjhinu, sutne bela rin nasamjhinu.
Khane bela ghin nasamjhinu, sutne bela rin nasamjhinu.
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Khaane mukh lai jungaa le chhekdaina
Where there is will there is way.
Khanna khanna lokachaar, khaaye pachhi maanaa chaar
Acting shy about receiving benefits but taking more than your share when the benefits come
Garjane baadal barshadaina.
Thunder clouds do not always give rain.
Nepali proverbs reuse the same images — the same animals, tools and weather — to land different lessons. These use some of the same words.
Gu puchheko taalo pani bela maa kaam laagchha.
One man's trash is another man's wealth.
hagne bela ma chak khojnu
antim samaya ma kehi garnu
Lagan ko bela hagan.
Engaging in inappropriate or disrespectful behavior during moments of significance
Bela ma chora chori lai nakutepachhi aafno chhaati pitnu parchha.
Dar laagdaa maanchhe kaa ghin laagdaa kura
Dasa laageko bela nabhareko banduk pani padkanchha.