Nepali proverb
कुकुरलाई मासु पैंचो
Kukur lai maasu paicho.
Lending things to someone who doesn’t know the value or they will never return the thing.
Nepali proverb
कुकुर भुक्दै गर्छ, हात्ती लम्कँदै गर्छ
Kukur bhukdai garchha, hatti lamkidai garchha.
What it means
Little people will try to stop you, keep moving
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Nepali proverb
कुकुरलाई घ्यू पच्दैन
Kukur lai ghyu pachdaina.
Naramro lai jaty ramro garepani pachdaina.
Nepali proverb
खाने मुखलाई जुँगाले छेक्दैन
Khaane mukh lai jungaa le chhekdaina
Where there is will there is way.
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.
Wisdom
अगुल्टोले हानेको कुकुर बिजुलीदेखि तर्सन्छ
Agulto le haaneko kukur bijuli dekhi tarsanchha.
If a person makes a mistake, he will be scared of it happening again in the future
Criticism
अरूले हात्ती चढे भनेर आफूले धुरी चढ्नु हुँदैन
Aru le hatti chade bhanera aafu le dhuri chadnu hudaina.
One should not imitate others' mistakes, but learn from them instead
Nepali proverb
भुक्ने कुकुरले टोक्दैन
Bhukne kukur le tokdaina.
Barking dog seldom bites.