Nepali proverb
नाफा भए पेशा, घाटा भए दशा
Nafa bhaye pesha, ghata bhaye dasha.
If you profit, it's a job, if you make a loss you've got bad luck
Nepali proverb
नातिनिको कुर्ता सुरुवालमा हजुरआमाको रजाइ
Naatini ko kurtaa suruwaal maa hajuraamaa ko rajai.
How to read it
Naatini ko kurtaa suruwaal maa hajuraamaa ko rajai.
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पर्छ टर्छ
Parchha tarchha
As it comes, so it goes.
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पशुपतिको जात्रा, तिघ्राको व्यापार
Pashupati ko jaatraa, tighraa ko byaapar.
To kill two birds with one stone.
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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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बाघको छालामा स्यालको रजाईं
Baagh ko chhaalaa maa syaal ko rajai.
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ससुरालीको धनमा नामर्दको रजाईं
Sasurali ko dhan maa naamarda ko rajai.
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थोत्रो घरमा मुसाको रजाई
Thotro ghar maa musa ko rajai