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Old 4th December 2006, 02:43 AM
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Default Proverbial Tamil Proverbs - Part 4

Dear All,

This week we shall go on to "ஈ".
I could not get more than 15 in that category. So I am supplementing a few others, the last being the most naughty !

1 - ஈ ஏறி மலை சாயுமா ?
Can a mere fly topple a mountain ?

2 - ஈசனைப் போற்று; அரசனை வாழ்த்து
Praise the Lord, greet the king.

3 - ஈயத்தைக் காதில் காய்ச்சி ஊற்றினாற்போல
Like pouring molten lead in ears - means, uttering very harsh words

4 - ஈயத்தைக் கண்டு இளித்ததாம் பித்தளை
Brass can never equal lead

5 - ஈரூரில் உழுதவனும் கெட்டான்; இரண்டு பெண்டாட்டி கட்டினவனும் கெட்டான்
A man working in (here agriculture) two places and a man with two wives can never prosper in life.

6 - ஈரைப் பேன் ஆக்கிப் பேனைப் பெருமாள் ஆக்குகிறது
Making a mountain out of a molehill

7 - ஈன்றவள் தாய் பாட்டி; இத்தாயின் தாய் பூட்டி
Mother's mother is called Patti - her mother is called Pootti

8 - ஈசல் பறந்தால் மழை
If the " easals" appear, they foretell rain

9 - ஈட்டி எட்டின மட்டும் பாயும்; பணம் பாதாளம் மட்டும் பாயும்
A spear will reach only to a certain distance - but money will reach even underground

10 - ஈக்கும் யானைக்கும் சம்பந்தமா?
Can a fly match an elephant ?

11 - ஈ அடித்தான் காப்பி
Copying like a fly - typical tamil usage

12 - ஈக்கு விடம் தலையில்; தேளுக்கு விடம் கொடுக்கில்
The poison of a fly isin its head; for a scorpion in its fang (Kodukku)

13 - ஈசன் எப்படி அப்படி தாசன்
As the Lord is, so the devotee is.

14 - ஈசான்ய மின்னலுக்கு எருதும் நடுங்கும்
When there is a lightning on the northeastern side, even the bullock is scared

15 - ஈசனுடைய அடியார் மனம் எரிந்து புகைந்தால் வீண் போகுமா ?
One should never incur the curse of a devotee of the Lord!

16 - ஆண் பிள்ளை அழுதால் போச்சு; பெண்பிள்ளை சிரிச்சால் போச்சு !
A boy is not supposed to cry & a girl, to laugh. ( a silly proverb, no doubt !)

17 - ஆணுக்குப் பெண் அஸ்தமித்து போச்சா?
Is a woman inferior to a man ? ( no no, never never!)

18 - ஆத்தாள் அம்மணம்; அன்றாடம் கோதானம்
Leaving his mother naked, he is doing "godhanam" (offering cows for charity) everyday!

19 - ஆபீசில் அய்யா அதிகாரம்; அகத்தில் அம்மா அதிகாரம்
A man is the boss in office; woman at home!

20 - குயில் (சிலை) போல பெண்டாட்டி இருந்தாலும், குரங்கு போல வைப்பாட்டி வேணும் !
Even if there is a wife like a nightingale ( statue), one must have a concubine like a monkey !

அன்புடன்,
சித்ரா.
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Default Good One's, as usual !

Dear Chitra,

Good Collections of Proverb this time too, In this collection, some of them I have already heard and the remaining were straight-forward to understand.

No. 19 reminds me of another saying, "Veetla Eli, Velila Puli" !

No. 11 - I have done this many times during college days, while copying assignments and homeworks from friends !

I enjoyed reading Proverb 4 and 5.

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Default Dear Chithra,

Enjoyed reading the proverbs, the 19th one brought a smile.. It is true! What do you say?
proverb 3 is a very good one..I really hate telling and hearing harsh words, would make an unpleasant atmosphere in every house..Better keep silence..
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Default Your Boni is lucky, so far, my dear Preethi !

Thankyou for the prompt F B.
Well, I have never done " copying" - I now think, my conscience was unnecessarily working overtime, when I was young !!
Love & regards,
Chithra.

16 is also said as follows:
புகையிலை விரிச்சாப்போச்சு
பொம்பளை சிரிச்சாப்போச்சு !
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Default My dear Seena !

I can never thank you enough, you know why !
19 is very true - how can you & I disagree? Sometimes, they rule, we always overrule - ha ha ha !
I have already inferred from your posts that you are not at all a 3 proverb person !
Thankyou for the F b.
Love & refards,
Chithra.

பணக்காரன் பின்னாலேயும் பத்து பேர்
பைத்தியக்காரன் பின்னாலேயும் பத்து பேர்


There are people behind a rich man as well as a mad man,
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Dear Chitra,
As usual, a good set of proverbs....i especially enjoyed your vehement denials in 16 and 17, within brackets.....shows how much you are enjoying penning them or should i say posting them.
And 20th one is not naughthy, i feel it is closer to reality! naturally no harm in calling the "other woman" as a m....y!
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Default My dear Sudha !

I enjoy penning them all. But quite a few, I don't agree with !
16 & 17, I don't agree with at all - far from it !
I cannot thank you enough for your participation, Sudha !
Love & regards,
Chithra.

Yet another naught, naught, naughty proverb !!!!
தாலி அறுத்தவளுக்கு மருத்துவச்சி தயவு ஏன்?
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Another good set of p'mozhigal Chitra. Enjoyed reading them and enjoyed your comments even more:)

L, Kamla
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Default My dearest Sujata !

I keep them coming because they belong to our traditional wealth, in my opinion.Believe me, after I started this thread, I seem to be using a lot of pazamozis in my conversation, unknowingly !
Thankyou for joining me, Kamla !
Love & regards,
Chithra.

ஆசையிருக்கு அரசாள; அதிர்ஷ்டம் இருக்கு மாடு மேய்க்க !
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Enjoyed reading all the pazhamois. I think No 20 is true. the concubines have to be monkeys!!
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