Sinhala Proverbs

* Sinhala: "පනින්න පෙර ඝිතා බලනු"
* Direct Transliteration:Think before you leap
* Message: Think before you leap to avoid unexpected perils

* Sinhala: "Vavulage Magul Gedara Giyanan Ellila Hitu"
* Direct Transliteration:If you choose to attend the bat's wedding, you must hang upside down
* Message: If you decide to do some thing, you must be ready to live with the consequences.

* Sinhala:"Balla piduru kanneth ne, Kana gonata denneth ne"
* Direct Transliteration: The dog doesn't eat hay but prevents the cow from eating the hay by sleeping on it
* Message: Some People do no good and remain useless while preventing others from being good and productive

* Sinhala:"Ravula Pattuwela inna kota suruttu pattu karranna enava"
* Direct Transliteration: Trying to light a cigar when my beard is on fire
* Message: While you are in deep trouble another comes to get an trivial advantage from your situation.

* English:Like cobra and viper
* Sinhala:නයයි පොළඟයි වගේ
* Transliteration:Nayayi polongai vage
* Sense:Refers to those who hate each other. As vipers move by night, they never meet cobras

* English proverb: All that glitters is not gold.
* Alternate Sinhala one: දිලිසෙන සියල්ල රත්තරන් නොවේ.
* Transliterated one:
* Meaning or Sense: Appearances can be deceptive

* English proverb: A burnt child dreads the fire.
* Alternate Sinhala one: ගිනිපෙලෙල්ලෙන් බැට කාපු එකා කළාමැදිරියාටත් බයලු.
* Transliterated one:
* Meaning or Sense: A bad experience will make people stay away from certain things.

* English proverb: A new broom sweeps clean.
* Alternate Sinhala one: අලුත් පිටට සීනි පරණ වෙනකොට ගෝනි./ පහු පහු වෙනකොට කොහු කොහු.
* Transliterated one:
* Meaning or Sense: A newly-appointed person makes changes energetically.

* English proverb: A rolling stone gathers no moss.
* Alternate Sinhala one: පෙරලෙන ගලේ පාසි නොබැඳේ.
* Transliterated one:
* Meaning or Sense: If a person keeps moving from place to place, they gain neither friends nor

possessions. Another interpretation is that, by moving often, one avoids being tied down!

* English proverb: As you sow, so shall you reap
* Alternate Sinhala one: වපුරපු හැටියට තමයි අස්වැන්න
* Transliterated one:
* Meaning or Sense: You have to accept the consequences of your actions.

* English proverb: Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know
* Alternate Sinhala one:
* Transliterated one: Dannathi yakkata wada danna yakka hondai
* Meaning or Sense: It's better to deal with somebody difficult but familiar, than change and risk dealing with somebody worse.

* English proverb: Diamond cuts diamond.
* Alternate Sinhala one: ගම්පලයයි රයිගමයයි වාගේ
* Transliterated one:
* Meaning or Sense: Refers to two people equally matched in wit or cunning.

* English: Between saying and doing there is a long distance.
* Sinhala: කතාව දෝලාවෙන් ගමන පයින්
* Transliteration:
* Sense:

* English: Fools are wise as long as silent.
* Sinhala: නිහඬව සිටින තුරු මෝඩයා පණ්ඩිතයෙකි.
* Transliteration:
* Sense:

* English: Don't add fuel to the fire.
* Sinhala: ‍ඇවිළෙන ගින්නට පිදුරු දමන්න එපා.
* Transliteration:
* Sense:

* English: No smoke without fire.
* Sinhala: ගින්නක් නැතුව දුමක් නොනගී.
* Transliteration: Ginnak nathuwa dumak enne naha
* Sense:

* English: Habit is second nature.
* Sinhala: ජන්මෙට වඩා පුරුද්ද ලොකුයි.
* Transliteration:
* Sense:

* English: Empty vessels make most sound.
* Sinhala: පිරුණු කළේ දිය නොසැලේ.
* Transliteration:
* Sense:

* English: Example is better than precept.
* Sinhala: අවවාදයට වඩා ආදර්ශය උතුම්.
* Transliteration:
* Sense:

* English: A noisy dog is not fit for hunting.
* Sinhala: බුරන බල්ලෝ හපා නොකයි.
* Transliteration:
* Sense:

* English: A bad work man quarrels with his tools.
* Sinhala: නටන්න බැරි මිනිහට පොළොව ඇදයිලු.
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* Sense: