Nepali proverb
कुकुरलाई घ्यू पच्दैन
Kukur lai ghyu pachdaina.
Naramro lai jaty ramro garepani pachdaina.
Nepali proverb
कुकुरलाई मासु पैंचो
Kukur lai maasu paicho.
What it means
Lending things to someone who doesn’t know the value or they will never return the thing.
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Nepali proverb
खाने मुखलाई जुँगाले छेक्दैन
Khaane mukh lai jungaa le chhekdaina
Where there is will there is way.
Nepali proverb
खान्न–खान्न लोकाचार, खाएपछि माना चार
Khanna khanna lokachaar, khaaye pachhi maanaa chaar
Acting shy about receiving benefits but taking more than your share when the benefits come
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
कुक्कुरलाई हड्डी पैचो
Kukur lai haddi paicho.
Relationships
आमा–छोराको ऐंचोपैंचो, बाबु–छोराको लेनदेन
Aamaa-chhoraa ko aicho paicho, baabu-chhoraa ko len den.
Relationship between mother and child is based on affection, while between father and child it is more transactional
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