Nepalese Proverbs
Proverbial Wisdom from Nepal Sayings of Nepalese origin God's name in mouth but knife in pocket. Someone who had nothing got bananas; he ate it without peeling it. The farmer grows the corn, but the bear eats it. When there is opportunity you have to be ready to break a diamond. If you do right things, you don't have to worry. Explaining heaven to the King of Gods. Look at the neck and swallow the bone. Eating potato but boasting to be eating sweets. Hold short services for minor gods. Vanity blossoms but bears no fruit. Too much sugar is bitter. You can say “God Bless” to an ox going downhill but can’t try to hold him down. The elephant got in but its tail is stuck. Can't do it oneself and blames other for its reason. Coconut in the hands of a monkey. The one who went to eat the meat drowned in the liquid. The god who made the mouth will provide the food. An eating mouth is not stopped by the mustache. Hard work’s reward is good. W...