housemates-indian proverbs

SKY and his threats to leave the house

• Jo garajte hain woh baraste nahin hain (Hindi)
  • Literal: Clouds that thunder seldom rain.
  • Translation: Those who make the most threats seldom do anything.
  • English equivalent: Barking dogs seldom bite.
  • Tamil equivalent: Kuraikkum naai kadikkadhu.

BB5 in general

• jana marulo jatre marulo (Kannada)
  • Literal: Are people stupid or the crowd stupid?😆
  • Translation: This proverb bemoans the irrational behavior of normal people in large crowds.
    

PB and her fraandship with sky

• Sawan ke andhe ko sab hara hi hara nazar aata hai. (Hindi)
  • (One who goes blind in spring, sees only greenery all around.)
  • Used for people who fail to see reality, especially dire circumstances when they have lived through prosperous times.

Amar

• Bhend ki khaal mein bhendiya

• Literal: wolf wearing skin of sheep.
• Translation: Person who looks totaly different from his original cunning personality.

jalebi bai

Bhains ke aage been bajana (Hindi)

• Literal: Reading Bhagvat Geeta (Hindu holy book) to a buffalo (is a waste)
• Translation: Tailor your speech to your audience.

sky-sid friendship

Gehoo(n) ke saath ghun bhi pista hai. (Hindi)

• Literal: Bugs infesting the wheat get ground along with it.
• Translation: Watch the company you keep.

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Happy viewver your words about sky are hilarious..very good one

Originally posted by: sosweet

Happy viewver your words about sky are hilarious..very good one

sosweet...so sweet of u...they are not my words...they are from a site on indian proverbs...i wish i knew all those languages😆

Originally posted by: happyviewer

sosweet...so sweet of u...they are not my words...they are from a site on indian proverbs...i wish i knew all those languages😆

Translation: Those who make the most threats seldom do anything.

This is also a copy and paste or your creativity?😉

Originally posted by: sosweet

Translation: Those who make the most threats seldom do anything.

This is also a copy and paste or your creativity?😉

copy pasted dear...but it matched perfectly...dont you think😆

Originally posted by: happyviewer

SKY and his threats to leave the house
PB and her fraandship with sky

• Sawan ke andhe ko sab hara hi hara nazar aata hai. (Hindi)
  • (One who goes blind in spring, sees only greenery all around.)
  • Used for people who fail to see reality, especially dire circumstances when they have lived through prosperous times.

In telugu we have a saying: Pacha kaamarlu unnavaadiki lokam antha pachaga kanipisthundhi

English transaltion equivalent is: Those who have jaundice they see the rest of world in green.
Actual Meaning: No person is good or bad, it depends on what we see.

Dont know to whom this applies to in BB house

🤣 Lol the translations are hilarious for all the contestants... Ever wonder if our hindi songs were translated in english they would make no sense!!

Sid - dhobhi ka kutta na ghar ka na ghaat ka

juhi

Ski is "Na Ghar Ka Na Ghaat Ka" 🤣