Nepali proverb
मान्छेमा ईख, सर्पमा बिष नभए कोही डराउदैन
Maanche maa ikh, sarpa maa bish nabhaye kohi daraudaina.
Beware of a man's pride like you would a snake's poison
Nepali proverb
मान्छे खेदाउनु अगाडीबाट बस्तु खेदाउनु पछाडीबाट
Manchhe khedaunau agadi bata, bastu khedaunu pachhadi bata.
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Manchhe khedaunau agadi bata, bastu khedaunu pachhadi bata.
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मामा को घोडामा भान्जा को हे हे
Mama ko ghoda maa bhanjaa ko he he
One enjoys in others property.
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मुख मा राम राम बगली मा छुरा
Mukh maa ram ram bavali maa chhuraa.
Two-faced people/ The ones who say good things in front of you and back-bite later
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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सूर्यको अगाडि बत्ती
Surya ko agadi batti.
Doing something of little to no importance in grand scheme of things
Nepali proverb
कसाईको अगाडी बाख्राको आँसुको के अर्थ
Kasai ko agadi bakhra ko anshu ko k artha
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कसैको नगर्नु रे अत्य, मर्ने मान्छे मरी जान्छ बाच्ने लाई हत्य
Kasailai Nagarnu Re Atya, Marne Manchhe Mari Janchha bachne lai hatya.
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मन पर्ने मान्छेको दुर्गन्ध नै सुगन्ध
Man parne manchhe ko durgandha nai sugandha.
Nepali proverb
रात राम्रो जुनले, मान्छे राम्रो गुनले
Raat ramro jun le, manchhe ramro gun le.