Nepali proverb
ढुंगा खोज्दा देउता मिल्नु
Dunga khojda deuta milnu.
To get something better while searching for something ordinary
Nepali proverb
ठेस लाग्न भिर चाहिन्न
Thes lagna bhir chaninna.
How to read it
Thes lagna bhir chaninna.
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ताक परे तिवारी नत्र गोतामे
Taak pare tiwari natra gotame.
Being an opportunist.
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तित्राको मुखै वैरी
Titra ko mukhai bairi.
If you too much talk, you will be in trouble.
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
भिरको चिन्डो, उधो न उभो
Bhir ko chindo, udho na ubho
Nepali proverb
भीरमा जाने गाईलाई राम राम भन्न सकिन्छ, काँध थाप्न सकिन्न
Bhir ma jane gai lai ram ram bhanna sakinchha, kadh thapna sakinna.
Nepali proverb
झुकेको शिर र भत्केको भिर प्रति कसैको आश हुदैन
Jhukeko sir ra bhatkeko bhir prati kasaiko aas hudaina
Nepali proverb
ठेस लागेन भने उखुबारी पस्नु, ऋण लागेन भने जमानी बस्नु
Thes laagena bhane ukhu baari pasnu, rin laagena bhane jamaani basnu
Nepali proverb
ठेस् नलागे उखुबारी पस्नु
Thes nalaage ukhubaari pasnu.
Nepali proverb
वारि खाल्डो, पारि भीर
Wari khaaldo, paari bhir.