TAMIL PROVERBS,
WITH THEIR TRANSLATION IN
ENGLISH.
அ.
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- அகங்கையிற் போட்டுப் புறங்கையை நக்கலாமா?
- Having placed the thing on the palm, why lick the back of the hand?
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- அகடவிகடமாய்ப் பேசுகிறான்.
- He speaks artfully.
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- அகதிக்கு ஆகாயம் துணை
- Heaven is the help of the helpless.
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- அகதிக்குத் தெய்வமே துணை.
- God Himself is the help of the helpless.
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- அகதி சொல் அம்பலம் ஏறாது.
- The word of the destitute does not reach the assembly.
- An assembly of learned men or men in power. The words of the poor, whether they relate to oppression, or to other injuries, or to opinion, are not likely to find admission where alone they can avail.
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- அகதி தலையிற் பொழுது விடிகிறது.
- Light breaks on the head of the destitute.
- Blame, or suspicion, will fall on the head of the unprotected and friendless. The poor are at work by break of day.
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- அகதி பெறுவது பெண்பிள்ளை, அதுவும் வெள்ளி பூராடம்.
- The destitute brings forth a female child, and that on Friday, under the star Púrádam.
