🗣️ Proverbs

मराठी (Marathi) हिंदी (Hindi) English

"While there is life, there is hope."

💬 Meaning

As long as a person is alive, there is still a possibility that a bad situation will improve.

✏️ Usage Example

The doctors were concerned, but the family stayed positive, believing that while there is life, there is hope.

"Unity is strength."

💬 Meaning

A group of people working together toward a common goal is much more powerful than individuals working alone.

✏️ Usage Example

The union reminded the workers that unity is strength during the negotiations.

"Time is money."

💬 Meaning

Time is a valuable resource, and wasting it is equivalent to losing money.

✏️ Usage Example

Stop chatting and get back to the assembly line; remember that time is money.

"It's never too late to learn."

💬 Meaning

A person is never too old to acquire new knowledge or skills.

✏️ Usage Example

At eighty, Margaret enrolled in a coding course, proving it's never too late to learn.

"When the going gets tough, the tough get going."

💬 Meaning

Strong and capable people take action and work harder when they face difficult situations.

✏️ Usage Example

The team was losing by twenty points, but they didn't give up; when the going gets tough, the tough get going.

"Waste not, want not."

💬 Meaning

If you use your resources wisely and do not waste them, you will not find yourself in need later.

✏️ Usage Example

She saved all the leftover fabric to make a quilt, living by the motto 'waste not, want not.'

"The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world."

💬 Meaning

Mothers have a significant influence on the future of society through the way they raise their children.

✏️ Usage Example

The historian argued that the mothers of great leaders deserve the credit, for the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

"The exception proves the rule."

💬 Meaning

The fact that an exception exists confirms that a general rule or tendency is otherwise in effect.

✏️ Usage Example

He is usually very punctual, so his being late today is the exception that proves the rule.

"There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip."

💬 Meaning

Even when a plan seems nearly complete or certain, something can still go wrong before it is finished.

✏️ Usage Example

The contract is signed, but we haven't received the funds yet; remember, there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.

"The love of money is the root of all evil."

💬 Meaning

Greed and the pursuit of wealth are the primary causes of many moral and social problems.

✏️ Usage Example

The corporate scandal showed that the love of money is indeed the root of all evil.

"Two's company, three's a crowd."

💬 Meaning

Two people, especially a romantic couple, are often happier alone than with a third person present.

✏️ Usage Example

When her brother asked to join their date, Sarah whispered that two's company, three's a crowd.

"If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain."

💬 Meaning

If someone or something will not come to you, you must make the effort to go to them.

✏️ Usage Example

The client refused to travel for the meeting, so the consultant decided that if the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.