Marathi proverbs

Proverbs from all Marathi speaking parts of the world.

• The remedy is worse than the cure.
  • English equivalent: The remedy is often worse than the disease; Burn not your house to rid it off the mouse.
  • Meaning: The effect of a treatment or bodily enhancement – whether pharmaceutical or not, whether a household remedy or professional-ordained – is often worse than what it was intended to cure or alleviate.
  • Source: Manwaring, Alfred (1899). Marathi proverbs. The Clarendon press. Yiddishn kultur-kongres. p. 114. 

• जस्यास तसे
  • Transliteration: Jasyas tase.
  • Literal: Tit for Tat
  • Source:

• गाढवासमोर वाचली गीता आणि कालचा गोंधळ बरा होता.
  • Meaning: Explaining to a fool has no use whatsoever.

• दुरून ढोल साजरे.
  • English equivalent: The grass is always green on the other side.
  • Meaning: A person always thinks the other's situation to be better.

• उथळ पाण्याला खळखळाट फार.
  • English equivalent: Empty vessels make more sound.
  • Meaning: Those with little knowledge keep showing it. Those who know all are calm/silent.