Interesting Indian Idioms and phrases (Folk) -1

Recently I stumbled upon a website that had a collection of bhojpuri idioms. I thoroughly enjoyed them, and wish to share some of them on this blog of mine. ( Of course, with my personal insights. :) )

1. जेतना के मुन्ना ना ओतना के झुनझुना।

This one is my favorite, and is pretty easy to understand and use. It basically mocks the complex paraphernalia attached to a relatively simpler core element. :D Funny one.

2. पइसा ना कौड़ी, बीच बाजार में दौड़ा-दौड़ी।

 This particular phrase always comes to my mind whenever I run short of money while roaming in a marketplace. :) But that's the superficial part of it. On analyzing a little more, I feel that it mocks anyone who is trying to do something which he just cannot afford to, and hence the end result would be futile, no matter what.

3. नीम हकीम खतरे  जान, भीतर गोली बाहर प्रान।
While I had heard the first part of this idiom many times before, I was surely missing the punch of this one. "Bheetar Goli baahar Praan." Superficially it shows the fear of a person who does not believe in medicines. Going slightly deeper, it shows unjustified fear from new things, and telling people that its better to continue living like they were doing before. Of course I don't agree to it, but that doesn't lessen the fun anyways. :D

4.खाए के मन ना नौ गो बहाना।
Hehe... No explanations. Love the sheer rawness of it.

5.अभागा गइले ससुरार, तहँवो मांड़े-भात।
:D Shows the plight of an unfortunate who got the worst even when he ought to get the best. "maand-bhat" remains a very basic meal, and it has been used to show the low return from a seemingly very fortunate occasion. Of course on normal days, a son in law would never be offered Rice with rice water in his in-laws' place...

Will share some more pearls like these in the days to come. Keep visiting the blog. :D
Alok K.