Proverbs

366 Proverbs with their Urdu Meanings and Examples

There's no smoke without fire.

There's usually a bit of truth in every rumour.


Walls have ears.

دیواروں کے بھی کان ہوتے ہیں

You can expect anything you say to someone to be passed on to someone else.


Don't tell tales out of school.

Don't talk about other people.


Beggars can't be choosers.

If you are in need of something you cannot be too critical of the help you receive.


Half a loaf is better than no bread.

Even a little is better than nothing.


The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

When successful people fail, their fall or failure is greater than that of 'ordinary' people.

Similar is: 'The highest tree has the greatest fall.'

In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

اندھوں میں کانا راجا

Even moderately clever people will seem very intelligent if they are surrounded only by fools.


Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Even the greatest of things started out small.

An 'acorn' is the seed from which an oak tree grows.

Appetite comes with eating.

The more we have, the more we want.

Similar is: 'Much would have more.'

Old habits die hard.

When we are in the habit of doing something, it is very difficult to stop it.


Word of the day

December 06, 2025
Trice
- a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
بہت کم وقت,بہت کم وقت جیسے آنکہوں کا جھپکنا,بہت کم وقت میں,جیسے پلک کا جھپکنا,لمحے کا وقت,لمحہ,مختصر سا وقت,کم وقت
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