Nepali proverb
लिखितमको अघाडी बखतम चल्दैन
Likhitam ko agaadi bakhatam chhaldaina.
Written proof is more powerful than oral proof.
Nepali proverb
लानेलाई भन्दा जानेलाई हतार
Laane lai bhandaa jaane lai hataar
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Laane lai bhandaa jaane lai hataar
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लुट को धन फुफु को श्राध
Loot ko dhan fupu ko shraadh.
Easy come easy go.
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लोग्ने स्वास्नीको झगडा परालको आगो
Logne swasni ko jhagada paraal ko aago.
Husband & wife's quarrel subsides in a short time.
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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लानेको निधो छैन, जानेको तर्खर
Laane ko nidho chhaina, jaane ko tarkhar.
Nepali proverb
हग्नेलाई भन्दा देख्नेलाई लाज
Hagne lai bhandaa dekhne lai laaj.
Feeling second hand embarrassment of one's action
Nepali proverb
सुगुरलाई स्वर्ग जान्छस् भन्दा त्यहाँ गु खान पाईन्छ भनी उल्टो सोध्छ
Sungur lai swarga jaanchhas bhandaa tyaha gu khaana paayinchha bhanera ulto sodhchha.
Someone not recognizing the value of thing he/she is being offered
Nepali proverb
छोरो भन्दा नाती प्यारो, सावाँ भन्दा ब्याज प्यारो
Chhoro bhanda naati pyaaro, sawaa bhandaa byaaj pyaaro
Nepali proverb
धोबीलाई हतार भयो भन्दैमा रातिमा घाम लाग्दैन
Dhobi lai hataar bhayo bhandai maa raati maa ghaam laagdaina.
Nepali proverb
धोबीलाई हतार हुँदैमा घाम लाग्दैन
Dhobi lai hataar hudai maa ghaam laagdaina.