Top 53 Bengali Proverbs & Idioms (WISDOM)

Updated onDecember 2, 2023

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Do not live above your means.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. — Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

Can't clap with one hand. — Can’t clap with one hand.

As the act so the result.

Kings wag wars with each other but the reeds die.

One's harvest month is another's complete devastation. — One’s harvest month is another’s complete devastation.

While there is life, there is hope. — While there is life, there is hope.

Excess vanity was Lanka's fall. — Excess vanity was Lanka’s fall.

Scattering pearls in a forest of reeds.

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Think before you act, not after it.

Eyes are the mirror of the mind.

In greed there is sin; in sin there is death. — In greed there is sin; in sin there is death.

Time flow like a river's current. — Time flow like a river’s current.

One who goes to Lanka turns into Raavan.

A one-eyed uncle is better than no uncle.

Good wine needs no bush. — Good wine needs no bush.

Building castles in the air.

You must not see things with half an eye.

You can never expect all members of a group to think alike.

Empty vessels sound much.

All’s well that ends well.

Even death is preferable to bondage.

Grasp all, lose all.

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Trying to stand with your feet in two boats.

The different path of the one-eyed cow.

Hitting two birds with one stone.

While there is breath, there is hope.

Look before you leap.

Practice makes a man perfect.

A stitch in time saves nine.

A fool and his money are soon parted. — A fool and his money are soon parted.

Many a little makes a mickle.

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The Brahmin left the house, so put away the plough.

Too many ascetics ruin the (gajon) festival.

Unthinkable for the next 7 generations.

A small fry bustles in shallow water.

One swallow does not make a summer.

Blame everything on Nondo Ghosh.

To err is human.

Out of debt, out of danger. — Out of debt, out of danger.

Covering fish with greens.

He is wicked to the backbone.

Surrounded by danger from all sides.

A prophet is not honored in his own country.

Using a thorn to remove a thorn.

Necessity knows no law.

Something that's been in the trash never goes to heaven. — Something that’s been in the trash never goes to heaven.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Too much courtesy, too much craft.

Singing songs of shiva while husking rice.

Too much cunning overreaches itself.

Half truth is more frightening than falsehood. — Half truth is more frightening than falsehood.

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