# The most famous Hindi proverbs and their meanings

"Whoever holds the stick owns the buffalo", "What does a monkey know of the taste of ginger?" and "What use is regret once the birds have eaten the field?": the best-known everyday Hindi proverbs, with their meaning, from Wikiquote's collection.

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- Sep 20, 2026 · विकास चौहान
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## Top 14

1. **A peacock danced in the forest, but who saw it?** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Hindi: "जंगल में मोर नाचा, किसने देखा?"
2. **What does a monkey know of the taste of ginger?** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Hindi: "बंदर क्या जाने अदरक का स्वाद।"
3. **The thief scolds the policeman (the pot calling the kettle black).** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hindi: "उल्टा चोर कोतवाल को डांटे।"
4. **Why need a mirror to see the bracelet on your wrist?** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hindi: "हाथ कंगन को आरसी क्या।"
5. **If there is life, there is the world.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hindi: "जान है तो जहान है।"
6. **Whoever holds the stick owns the buffalo.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hindi: "जिसकी लाठी उसकी भैंस।"
7. **The insider who knows the secrets brought down Lanka.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hindi: "घर का भेदी लंका ढाए।"
8. **What use is regret once the birds have eaten the field?** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hindi: "अब पछताए होत क्या, जब चिड़िया चुग गई खेत।"
9. **Can't dance, so blames the crooked courtyard.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hindi: "नाच न जाने आँगन टेढ़ा।"
10. **Distant drums sound pleasant.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hindi: "दूर के ढोल सुहावने।"
11. **The hen at home is worth no more than lentils.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hindi: "घर की मुर्गी दाल बराबर।"
12. **Living in water, do not make an enemy of the crocodile.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hindi: "जल में रहकर मगर से बैर ठीक नहीं।"
13. **Ask not a sage his caste, ask his knowledge (Kabir).** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hindi: "जाति न पूछो साधु की, पूछ लीजिए ज्ञान।"
14. **Love is blind.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hindi: "इश्क़ अंधा होता है।"

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