Common odia proverbs and their respective English meaning

a -A bolt from the blue

a
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a 

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a k
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a i-Grasp all lose all

a t g  -Too much of anything is bed

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a)  p*-   p
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a/ 0  / 
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an
  
i-(To)Beat about the bush

a
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a4
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ak  5i  -God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb

a6 7 a6 !(-Money is the root of all evils

a8 1 9-Everyday is a holyday for sluggards

a 54 ;-A little learning is a dangerous thing

a -  m-(At)Daggers daen

8* i=8  !0-Dont bargain for fish that are still in the water

8*  !-To build castles in the air

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 Common odia proverbs and their respective English meaning

8> an ! an-Out of sight,out of mind

8  @-The yearly bird catches the worm

8
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8t !4
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8 5  !G-Every potter praises his pot

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05,  a0  p5-If you leap into a well providence is not bound to fetch you out

8
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8 5
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8
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8
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8 a
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8
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8
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-Where there is a well there is a way

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u
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5  -Tempest in a tea-pot

e 7 (
!/ 8/)-Union is strength

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 Common odia proverbs and their respective English meaning

e @ !u;
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5-To add insult to injury/To add fuel to fire

 a ! 5S

-Names and natures do not agree


  e-(To)Fish in troubled waters

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T / -(To)set a thief catch a thief


 

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  7-No pains no gains/No sweet with out sweat

.; @    %u= %u= -(To)teach one’s grandmother to grope her ducks

 
5u 6e  d 5
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59)-A bad workman quarrels with his tools

  9 !   *-One man’s loss is another man’s gain

X n
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k$ X-Anger has no eyes

ଖi i @ e -Plenty is the father of hunt,/The more you get the more you want/The more
you have the more you wish

4  *-[ Let by gones be by gones/ It’s no use crying over spilt milk

я
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= 8 \ -A prophet is seldom honoured in his own country

i !i
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 Common odia proverbs and their respective English meaning

0
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! 6-(A)skeleton in the cupboard

e 
  
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5

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His pockets are full of holes

5;
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@i 
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@ 6 5
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@ %  m;-His dog is barking at him

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@9;  5;-(To)Cast pearls before swine

9  я
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1e -The pot calls the kettle black

h bh i

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  d 5
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c n nd!-He that does ill hates the light

я  
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fn
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9-(To)Rob peter to pay paul

f!1 
ଖ ! -Tempest in a teapot

1 i u&e(k; a)-Riches have wings

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 Common odia proverbs and their respective English meaning

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G)-A great tree attracts the wind/Burdens are for shoulders strong enough to carry them

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a !X

-(To) Carry coal to Newcastle

5i 5u !9 i,

& o1
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the willing but drives the stubborn

5X 8
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5;  an-Nearer the church father from heaven

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5-Have two strings to one bow

5 ଖc 6i ଖ  7- No rose without a thorn

5   n-Blue are the faraway hills

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$ i-The hand that gives,gathers(obtains)

$;  6 

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i 
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mn 
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 7 !!= G  !!= -Half a loaf is better than no loaf/Something is better than nothing

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 Common odia proverbs and their respective English meaning

8= 6i $8=  7-No smoke without a fire

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of straw, needs fear the fire



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In 0
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I
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5 u
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!@
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TV-(A) Wolf in sheep

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 Common odia proverbs and their respective English meaning

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years

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!G 6

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!1 !X я*  i *n –8s5-Crowns have cares/ Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown

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8-A beggar can never be bankrupt

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spots

!. m k.-silence is consent

&u яp 6u !p-Death before dishonour

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 Common odia proverbs and their respective English meaning

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-Shallow streams make the most din/ Empty vessel sounds much

*s
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*4 *;q -The sooner the better

*i a   7-A sleeping lion has no share

9 !nt
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  8  8 

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1-Birds of a feather flock together


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!d 
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 a ! ) e  7-Everybody’s business is no body’s business

 
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n ! 

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