TAMIL PROVERBS.
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- ஊருக்கெல்லாம் ஒரு வழி உனக்கு ஒரு வழியா?
- While all the people of the village have one road in common, do you expect one for yourself?
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- ஊருக்குப் பால்வார்த்து உண்ணுகிறாயா உடம்புக்குப் பால்வார்த்து உண்ணுகிறாயா?
- Do you take milk on account of the community or to promote your own health?
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- ஊருக்கெல்லாம் சாஸ்திரம் சொல்லுகிற பல்லி கூழ்பானையில் விழுந்தாற்போல.
- As if a lizard, the oracle of the whole village, should fall into a pot of gruel.
- Spoken reproachfully, when a person remarkable either by position or profession, has done something injurious to his reputation.
- The lizard—பல்லி a newt—here referred to, is seen on the walls of houses in India and Ceylon, and its chirp may be frequently heard. Its voice is never disregarded since it may bear a message of great consequence to the family or individual concerned. A small book called the Shaster of the Lizard contains all needed information regarding its chirping. On hearing it the facts to be observed are the point of the compass, the hour of the day &c. These being known the party has recourse to his formula and ascertains whether the omen is auspicious or not. The premonitions of this little domestic monitor derive their significance from the character of the preternatural regent who may at the time preside over the region indicated by the chirp. Thus it appears that the shaster of the domestic lizard is based on the dogmas of Astrology.
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- ஊருக்கு ஆகாதவன் வீட்டுக்கும் ஆகான்.
- He who is useless abroad is useless at home.
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- ஊருக்கு ஆகாத பிள்ளை தாய்க்கு ஆகுமா?
- Is a child injurious to the community, of any use to its mother?
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- ஊருக்கு ஓமல் வீட்டுக்கு வயிற்றெரிச்சல்.
- Fame abroad and famine at home.
