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1. শুই থকা শিয়ালে হাঁহ ধৰিব নোৱাৰে
Romanised Assamese: Xui thoka xiale hah dhoribo nuware.
English Translation: A sleeping fox cannot catch ducks.
Meaning: Success requires active effort; laziness achieves nothing.
2. দহ ঠাই ফুৰে যি, দহ কথা শিকে সি
Romanised Assamese: Doh thai phure ji, doh kotha xike xi.
English Translation: He who travels to ten places learns ten things.
Meaning: Travel broadens the mind.
3. মাতিলে ৰণলৈও যাবা, নামাতিলে ভোজলৈও নাযাবা
Romanised Assamese: Matile ronoloi-o jaba, namatile bhojoloi-o najaba.
English Translation: Go to war if invited, but do not go to a feast if uninvited.
Meaning: Maintain your self-respect.
4. মাকে চায় মুখলৈ ঘৈনীয়ে চায় হাতলৈ
Romanised Assamese: Make sai mukholoi ghoiniye sai hatoloi.
English Translation: The mother looks at the face (health/well-being), the wife looks at the hand (earnings).
Meaning:Comparing unconditional motherly love with practical marital expectations.
5. যেনে কুকুৰ তেনে তাঙোন
Romanised Assamese: Jene kukur tene tangun.
English Translation: As the dog, so the club.
Meaning: Tit for tat; treat a person according to their nature.
6. দুই মহে যুঁজে বিৰিনাই মৰে
Romanised Assamese: Dui mohe juje birinai more.
English Translation: When two buffaloes fight, the grass dies. The english version is – Whales fight, shrimps get eaten.
Meaning: Common people suffer when powerful leaders fight.
7. নগই গড়গাঁৱৰ বতৰা কয়
Romanised Assamese: Nogoi Garhgaon botora koy.
English Translation: Someone who has never visited Garhgaon (the Ahom capital) but spreading news about it.
Meaning: People with no real-life experience or knowledge, spreading false news/rumours.
8. আছোঁ বগলী বাট চাই কৰ পানী কেনি যায়
Romanised Assamese: Asu bogoli baat sai kor pani keni jai.
English Translation: I am waiting like a heron to see which way the water flows.
Meaning: Watching and waiting to see how a situation unfolds.
9. ভবা কথা নহয় সিদ্ধি বাটত আছে কনা বিধি
Romanised Assamese: Bhoba kotha nohoy siddhi batot ase kona bidhi.
English Translation: Thoughts are not always fulfilled; blind fate stands in the way.
Meaning: Man proposes, God disposes.
10. অচিন কাঠৰ থোৰা নলগাবা
Romanised Assamese: Osin kathor thura nologaba.
English Translation: Do not use a pestle made of unknown wood.
Meaning: Do not trust strangers or unfamiliar things blindly.
11. লগ হ’লে লঙ্কালৈও যাব পাৰি
Romanised Assamese: Log hole longkaloi-o jabo pari.
English Translation: If united or with friends, one can even go to Lanka.
Meaning: You can travel far if you have good company. Or you can achieve the impossible with a good team.
12. ফাল কাটোতেই মাহৰ বতৰ গ’ল
Romanised Assamese: Phal katutei mahor botor gol.
English Translation: The season for pulses passed while sharpening the plowshare.
Meaning: Wasting too much time on preparation and missing the opportunity.
13. কথাত কটা যায় কথাত বঁটা পায়
Romanised Assamese: Kothat kota jay kothat bota pai.
English Translation: Words can get you killed, words can get you a reward.
Meaning: Think twice before you speak as words have consequences.
14. হাড় নাইকীয়া জিভা কয় কিবা কিবা
Romanised Assamese: Har naikiya jibha koy kiba kiba.
English Translation: The boneless tongue says many things.
Meaning: It is easy to speak without thinking or to lie.
15. কিতাপ কিনিব পাৰি জ্ঞান কিনিব নোৱাৰি
Romanised Assamese: Kitap kinibo pari gyan kinibo nuwari.
English Translation: You can buy books, but you cannot buy knowledge.
Meaning: Only education or buying & reading books will not make you wise or knowledgable.
16. মুখে মধুৰ পেটে গধুৰ
Romanised Assamese: Mukhe modhur pete godhur.
English Translation: Sweet words, heavy stomach (malice).
Meaning: A hypocrite who speaks sweetly but holds bad intentions.
17. শাকত নাখায় লোণ পিতিকাত যাই তিনিগুণ
Romanised Assamese: Xakot nakhay lun pitikat jai tinigun.
English Translation: Won’t eat salt with greens, but wastes three times as much on the mash.
Meaning: Being miserly in one area but wasteful in another (inconsistency).
18. ধন লবা লেখি বাট বুলিবা দেখি
Romanised Assamese: Dhon loba lekhi bat buliba dekhi.
English Translation: Count money before taking it, watch the road before walking.
Meaning: Be cautious in financial and physical matters.
19. যি মুলা বাঢ়ে তাৰ দুপাততে চিন
Romanised Assamese: Ji mula barhe tar dupatote sin.
English Translation: The radish that will grow big shows promise at the two-leaf stage.
Meaning: Morning shows the day.
20. টোপনিৰ চিকন পুৱা কটাৰিৰ চিকন গুৱা
Romanised Assamese: Tuponir sikon puwa katarir sikon guwa.
English Translation: Sleep is sweetest in the morning; betel nut is best when cut with a knife.
Meaning: Making use of the right time and tool.
21. আচলে বিচলে হস্তীৰো পাৱ পিছলে
Romanised Assamese: Asole bisole hostiro pawo pisole.
English Translation: Even an elephant slips on rough terrain.
Meaning: Even the wisest or strongest make mistakes.
22. আগ নুগুনে গুনে পাছ লোভত মৰে বৰশীৰ মাছ
Romanised Assamese: Ag nugune gune pas lobhot more boroxir mas.
English Translation: The fish dies on the hook because it thinks of the bait, not the consequence.
Meaning: Greed leads to destruction.
23. নকতা খেৰৰ নস
Romanised Assamese: Nokota kheror nox.
English Translation: The node of uncut straw.
Meaning: An unexpected or annoying obstacle in a simple task.
24. লুইতেহে জানে বঠা কিমানলৈ বহে
Romanised Assamese: Luitehe jane botha kimanoloi bohe.
English Translation: Only the Luit (Brahmaputra river) knows how deep the oar goes.
Meaning: Only the sufferer knows the depth of the pain.
25. ল’ৰা নষ্ট হয় বাটত ছোৱালী নষ্ট হয় ঘাটত
Romanised Assamese: Lora nosto hoy batot suwali nosto hoy ghatot.
English Translation: Boys are spoiled on the streets, girls are spoiled at the ghat (gathering place).
Meaning: Bad company ruins character.
26. কঠিয়াহে চুটি জেঠতে পৰা
Romanised Assamese: Kothiahe suti jethote pora.
English Translation: The seedling is short but it was planted in Jeth (early).
Meaning: Precocious; acts older than one’s age.
27. কঁঠাল চোৰৰ আঠাই সাক্ষী হাঁহ চোৰৰ মূৰত পাখি
Romanised Assamese: Kothal suror athai xakhi hah suror murot pakhi.
English Translation: The sticky latex is the evidence for the jackfruit thief; the feather on the head is evidence for the duck thief.
Meaning: Crimes leave traces.
28. কান্দিলে ধাৰ সুত নেযায়
Romanised Assamese: Kandile dhar xut nejai.
English Translation: Crying does not repay a debt.
Meaning: Self-pity won’t solve practical problems.
29. জুহালত গঢ়িলেহে কমাৰে শালত গঢ়িব পাৰে
Romanised Assamese: Juhalot gorhilehe komare xalot gorhibo pare.
English Translation: The blacksmith can only forge if the fire is prepared.
Meaning: Proper preparation/upbringing is needed for success.
30. জেতেকতে নাটে তেতেকতে ফাতে
Romanised Assamese: Jetekote nate tetekote phate.
English Translation: Where there is a shortage, the cloth tears.
Meaning: Misfortune attacks where you are already weak.
31. সমানে সমানে কৰিবা কাজ হাৰিলে জিকিলে নাই লাজ
Romanised Assamese: Xomane xomane koriba kaj harile jikile nai laz.
English Translation: Go toe to toe in order to compete; there is no shame in winning or losing.
Meaning: Give your best efforts without thinking of winning or losing.
32. গছত কঁঠাল ওঁঠত তেল নাখাওঁতেই চেল বেল
Romanised Assamese: Gosot kothal othot tel nakhautei sel bel.
English Translation: Jackfruit on the tree, oil on the lips (to eat it), making noise before eating.
Meaning: Similar to the English proverb – Counting chickens before they hatch.
33. সকলো চৰায়ে মাছ খায় মাছৰোকাই বদনাম পাই
Romanised Assamese: Xokolo soraye mas khai masrukai bodnam pai.
English Translation: All birds eat fish, but the Kingfisher gets the blame.
Meaning: One person gets the blame for what everyone does.
34. এঙাৰ ধুলেও বগা নহয়
Romanised Assamese: Engar dhuleo boga nohoy.
English Translation: Coal doesn’t become white even if washed.
Meaning: Inherent bad nature cannot be changed.
35. একে জুপি বাঁহৰে কোনো হয় লাঠি কোনো হয় যাঠি কোনো বাঢ়নীৰ কাঠি
Romanised Assamese: Eke jupi bahore, kunu hoi lathi, kunu hoi jathi, kunu barhonir kathi.
English Translation: From the same bamboo clump, one becomes a stick, one a spear, and one a broomstick.
Meaning: Siblings from the same family can have very different destinies/characters.
36. একে গছৰ পান সি কি হব আন
Romanised Assamese: Eke gosor pan xi ki hobo an.
English Translation: Betel leaves from the same tree; how can they be different?
Meaning: People of the same bloodline share similar traits.
37. এঘৰৰ পাট নাদ এঘৰৰ জৰী এঘৰে পানী তোলে ঘটং মটং কৰি
Romanised Assamese: Eghoror pat nad eghoror jori eghore pani tule ghotong motong kori.
English Translation: One household owns the well, another the rope, and a third draws water making noise.
Meaning: Every collaborates and contributes in building something but some one else takes the credit or take advantage of it.
38. ভোজন মিঠা নে বচন মিঠা
Romanised Assamese: Bhojon mitha ne boson mitha.
English Translation: Is food sweeter or are words sweeter?
Meaning: Kind words are often more valuable than a rich meal.
39. খকুৱা গ’ল পাত কাটিবলৈ নিখকুৱাই মাটিতে খালে
Romanised Assamese: Khokuwa gol pat katiboloi nikhokuwai matite khale.
English Translation: The glutton went to cut a banana leaf (to eat on), while the non-glutton ate on the bare floor.
Meaning: Over-preparation can lead to missing out.
40. তুলসীৰ লগতে কল পতটুৱাৰ মুক্তি
Romanised Assamese: Tuloxir logote kol potuar mukti.
English Translation: The banana leaf sheath gets salvation along with the Holy Basil.
Meaning: An ordinary person gains respect by associating with a great person.
41. উলুৰ লগত বগৰী পোৰা
Romanised Assamese: Ulur logot bogori pura.
English Translation: The plum burns along with the dry grass.
Meaning: The innocent suffer along with the guilty.
42. আঠুৱা চাই ঠেং মেলা
Romanised Assamese: Aathuwa sai theng mela.
English Translation: Stretch your legs according to the mosquito net.
Meaning: Cut your coat according to your cloth/Live within your means.
43. ৰাইজে নখ জোকাৰিলে নৈ বয়
Romanised Assamese: Raije nokh jukarile noi boi.
English Translation: If the public shakes their nails, a river flows.
Meaning: The power of collective effort.
44. এনেই বুঢ়ী নাচনী তাতে নাতিনীয়েকৰ বিয়া
Romanised Assamese: Enei burhi nasoni tate natiniyekor biya.
English Translation: The old woman loves to dance, and on top of that, it’s her granddaughter’s wedding.
Meaning: Someone getting an excuse to do what they already love doing excessively.
45. অধিক মাছত বগলী কণা
Romanised Assamese: Odhik masot bogoli kona.
English Translation: Amongst too many fish, the heron becomes blind.
Meaning: Too many choices can confuse a person.
46. চোৰ গলে বুদ্ধি বৰষুণ গলে জাপি
Romanised Assamese: Sur gole buddhi boroxun gole japi.
English Translation: Wisdom comes after the thief leaves; the umbrella comes after the rain stops.
Meaning: Wisdom in hindsight is useless.
47. লাগি থাকিলে মাগি নাখায়
Romanised Assamese: Lagi thakile magi nakhai.
English Translation: One who keeps working does not have to beg.
Meaning: Perseverance pays off.
48. দিনৰ পাহাৰ ৰাতিৰ জুই তাকে নাচায় থাকিবা শুই
Romanised Assamese: Dinor pahar ratir jui take nasai thakiba xui.
English Translation: Mountains in the day, fire at night; don’t look at them, just sleep.
Meaning: Avoid things that are frightening or deceptive.
49. চোৰেহে চোৰৰ ঠেং দেখে
Romanised Assamese: Surehe suror theng dekhe.
English Translation: Only a thief sees a thief’s legs.
Meaning: A crook recognises another crook.
50. হৰিণাৰ মাংসই বৈৰী
Romanised Assamese: Horinar mangxoi boiri.
English Translation: The deer’s own flesh is its enemy.
Meaning: One’s own beauty or wealth can become the cause of one’s undoing.
51. আদাক দেখি উঠিল গা, কেতুৰীয়ে বোলে মোকো খা
Romanised Assamese: Adak dekhi uthil ga, keturiye bule muku kha.
English Translation: Seeing the ginger being appreciated, the wild turmeric says “eat me too”.
Meaning: An unworthy person trying to imitate a worthy person.
52. শগুণৰ শাওত বুঢ়া গৰু নমৰে
Romanised Assamese: Xogunor xaot burha goru nomore.
English Translation: An old cow doesn’t die just because the vulture curses it.
Meaning: The ill-wishes of enemies cannot harm you if you are destined to live.
53. দেহা থাকিলেহে বেহা, নহলে তিতা কেহা
Romanised Assamese: Deha thakilehe beha, nohole tita keha.
English Translation: Only if there is a body (health), there is trade (work); otherwise everything is bitter.
Meaning: Health is wealth.
54. দেখাক দেখি কুকুৰে পাতে একাদশী
Romanised Assamese: Dekhak dekhi kukure pate ekadoxi.
English Translation: Seeing others, even the dog observes the holy fast.
Meaning: (Blind imitation without understanding).
55. অবুজনক বুজোৱা, ঢেৰুৱাৰ ঠাৰি সিজোৱা
Romanised Assamese: Obujonok bujuwa, dheruar thari xijuwa.
English Translation: Explaining to a fool is like boiling a fibrous stalk (it never softens).
Meaning: Do not engage in futile tasks or conversations.
56. ধানটোৱে প্ৰতি কণটো, মানুহ টোৱে প্ৰতি মনটো
Romanised Assamese: Dhantuwe proti kontu, manuh tuwe proti montu.
English Translation: Every grain has a husk; every person has a mind.
Meaning: Every one has his or her own likes, preferences etc.
57. নাচিব নাজানে চোতালখন বেঁকা
Romanised Assamese: Nasibo najane sutalkhon beka.
English Translation: Doesn’t know how to dance, so calls the courtyard crooked.
Meaning: A bad workman blames his tools.
58. কিনো ভমকৰ তালি, ভাল খন থৈ ফটা খন পালি
Romanised Assamese: Kinu bhomokor tali, bhal khon thoi phota khon pali.
English Translation: What bad luck; put aside the good one and got the torn one.
Meaning: Unfortunate choice.
59. দুষ্টৰ দুদিন, সন্তৰ শ দিন
Romanised Assamese: Dustor dudin, xontor xo din.
English Translation: The wicked last two days, the saint lasts a hundred.
Meaning: Truth prevails in the long run.
60. দুৰৰ ৰৌ-বৰালী, ওচৰৰ পুঠি-খলিহনা
Romanised Assamese: Duror rou-borali, osoror puthi-kholihona.
English Translation: The big fish are far away, only small fish are nearby.
Meaning: Valuing what is available nearby rather than dreaming of big things far away.
61. আহক বাৰিষা কাটক পাত, ৰৈ যা ভিনিহি খাই যা ভাত
Romanised Assamese: Ahok barixa katok pat, roi ja bhinihi khai ja bhat.
English Translation: Let the monsoon come and leaves be cut; wait brother-in-law, eat rice before you go.
Meaning: Making excuses to delay someone.
62. গৰুৰ আগত টোকাৰী বায়, শিং জোঁকাৰি ঘাঁ খায়
Romanised Assamese: Gorur agot tukari bay, xing jukari gha khay.
English Translation: Playing a lute in front of a cow; it just shakes its horns and eats grass.
Meaning: Casting pearls before swine.
63. অভ্যাসৰ নৰ, কৰ্ণপথে কৰে সৰ
Romanised Assamese: Obhyaxor nor, kornopothe kore xor.
English Translation: A man of habit can shoot an arrow through the ear.
Meaning: Practice makes perfect.
64. ইয়াত মাৰিলোঁ টিপা, গড়গাওঁ পালেগৈ শিপা
Romanised Assamese: Iyat marilu tipa, Garhgao palegoi xipa.
English Translation: Pinched here, but the roots reached Garhgao.
Meaning: A small incident here having far-reaching consequences elsewhere.
65. উত্তৰে গাজিলে জানিবা খৰ, দক্ষিণে গাজিলে মাৰিবা লৰ
Romanised Assamese: Uttore gajile janiba khor, dokhine gajile mariba lor.
English Translation: If it thunders in the North, expect drought; if in the South, run (flood is coming).
Meaning: Traditional weather forecasting.
66. উদঙীয়া গৰু, ঢাকনি নাইকিয়া চৰু
Romanised Assamese: Udongiya goru, dhakoni naikiya soru.
English Translation: A stray cow, a pot without a lid.
Meaning: An undisciplined person or an unprotected situation.
67. এদেও, দুদেও, লোটা নিয়াৰ চেওঁ
Romanised Assamese: Edeu, dudeu, luta niyar seu.
English Translation: One hop, two hops, the style of stealing the water pot.
Meaning: Recognising bad intentions by observing behaviour.
68. কালৰো কাল বিপৰীত কাল, হৰিণাই চেলেকে বাঘৰ গাল
Romanised Assamese: Kaloro kal biporit kal, horinai seleke baghor gal.
English Translation: A strange time has come; the deer licks the tiger’s cheek.
Meaning: The world has turned upside down/Impossible things are happening.
69. হলা গছ দেখিলে সকলোৱে বাগী কুঠাৰ মাৰে
Romanised Assamese: Hola gos dekhile xokoluwe bagi kuthar mare.
English Translation: Everyone strikes an axe at a leaning tree.
Meaning: Everyone takes advantage of a weak person.
70. এৰিলে মন ঘোঁৰাৰ ছুটি, বান্ধিলে মন শিলৰ খুটি
Romanised Assamese: Erile mon ghorar suti, bandhile mon xilor khuti.
English Translation: If let loose, the mind is a running horse; if controlled, it is a stone pillar.
Meaning: Control your mind.
71. ওচৰৰ আলহী নকৰে কাণ, নৰিয়াত পৰিলে আহে কাম
Romanised Assamese: Osoror alohi nokore kan, noriyat porile ahe kam.
English Translation: Guests don’t care about neighbours, but neighbours help when you are sick.
Meaning: Value your neighbours.
72. ওলায়েই দেখিবা যাক, শতৰু নুবুলিবা তাক
Romanised Assamese: Olayei dekhiba jak, xotru nubuliba tak.
English Translation: Do not call him an enemy whom you see as soon as you step out.
Meaning: Maintain peace with immediate neighbours.
73. কটাৰী ধৰাবা শিলে, তিৰোতা বলাবা কিলে
Romanised Assamese: Katari dhoraba xile, tirota bolaba kile.
English Translation: Sharpen a knife on stone, control a woman with force.
NOTE: This is an archaic proverb reflecting old patriarchal values, not modern sentiments.
74. কলাৰ আগত বেঙাই কয়, কলাই বোলে হয় হয়
Romanised Assamese: Kolar agot bengai koi, kolai bule hoi hoi.
English Translation: The mute speaks to the deaf, and the deaf says “yes, yes.”
Meaning: Futile communication between two ignorant people.
75. কাকনো বুলিবা ককা, সকলোৰে দাঢ়ি-চুলি পকা
Romanised Assamese: Kaknu buliba koka, xokolure darhi-suli poka.
English Translation: Whom will you call Grandpa? Everyone’s hair and beard are grey.
Meaning: When everyone claims to be an expert/elder.
76. কি ক আছিলা, কি ক হলা, খাবলে নাপাই শুকাই খীনাই গলা
Romanised Assamese: Ki ko asila, ki ko hola, khabole napai xukai khinai gola.
English Translation: What you were, what you became; starving and withering away.
Meaning: A decline in fortune or health.
77. গছ কাটিলেই মুঢ়া, ছোৱালী আনিলেই বুঢ়া
Romanised Assamese: Gos katilei murha, suwali anilei burha.
English Translation: Once a tree is cut, it’s a stump; once you marry a girl, you are an old man.
Meaning: Being burdened with responsibility.
78. গাই আনিবা ৰিংটো বাটৰ, ছোৱালী আনিবা দিনটো বাটৰ
Romanised Assamese: Gai aniba ringtu bator, suwali aniba dintu bator.
English Translation: Buy a cow from near (calling distance), bring a bride from a day’s journey away.
Meaning: Traditional wisdom on marriage and livestock.
79. গাখীৰতে মহৰ খুটি সান্দহতে হাত
Romanised Assamese: Gakhirote mohor khuti xandohote hat.
English Translation: Looking for the buffalo peg in the milk and the hand in the rice powder.
Meaning: Looking for things in the wrong place/Being absent-minded.
80. ঘন ঘনকৈ দিবা আলি, তেহে খাবা নানান শালি
Romanised Assamese: Ghon ghonkoi diba ali, tehe khaba nanan xali.
English Translation: Build embankments frequently, then you will eat various rice.
Meaning: Being well-prepared will lead to good things.
81. ঘৰলৈ আহিলে ঢকুৱাৰ বেৰ, আলিবাটলৈ গলে বৰ চুৰিয়াৰ ফেৰ
Romanised Assamese: Ghoroloi ahile dhokuwar ber, alibatoloi gole bor suriyar pher.
English Translation: At home walls are made of dry leaves, but on the street, he shows off with a big dhoti.
Meaning: Living poorly but showing off outside.
82. বহিব জানিলে মিটিয়েই পিৰা, খাব জানিলে চাউলেই চিৰা
Romanised Assamese: Bohibo janile mitiyei pira, khabo janile saulei sira.
English Translation: If you know how to sit, the ground is a stool; if you know how to eat, uncooked rice is as good as puffed rice.
Meaning: Being able to adapt to situations.
83. মন থাকিলে চন, বাকৰি মাটিতো ধন
Romanised Assamese: Mon thakile son, bakori matitu dhon.
English Translation: If there is a will, there is a way; even barren land yields wealth.
Meaning: Determination and hard work will bear results.
84. অতিপাত শলাগণী ফুচুলনিৰ চিন, আপুনি আঁতৰি যাবা কৰি তাক ঘিণ
Romanised Assamese: Otipat xolagoni phusulonir sin, apuni atori jaba kori tak ghin.
English Translation: Excessive praise is a sign of manipulation; despise it and stay away.
Meaning: Beware of flatterers.
85. আই সমান হব কোন , নৈ সমান বব কোন ?
Romanised Assamese: Aai xoman hobo kun, noi xoman bobo kun?
English Translation: Who can equal a mother? Who can flow like a river?
Meaning: Mother is supreme.
86. আছে কাপোৰ আছে জাৰ, নাই কাপোৰ নাই জাৰ
Romanised Assamese: Ase kapor ase jar, nai kapor nai jar.
English Translation: If you have clothes, you feel cold; if you don’t, you don’t feel it.
Meaning: Luxury makes one sensitive; hardship makes one tough.
87. উৰহে কামোৰে ৰাতি , খঙত মাৰ খায় পাটি
Romanised Assamese: Urohe kamore rati, khongot mar khay pati.
English Translation: Bedbugs bite at night, but the mattress gets beaten in anger.
Meaning: Taking out anger on the wrong object.
88. খাবৰ পৰত সাত ভাই , কামৰ পৰত কোনো নাই
Romanised Assamese: Khabor porot xat bhai, kamor porot kunu nai.
English Translation: Seven brothers at mealtime, no one at work time.
Meaning: Fair-weather friends.
89. খাবলৈ নাই কণটো , বৰ সবাহলৈ মনটো
Romanised Assamese: Khaboloi nai kontu, bor xobaholoi montu.
English Translation: Not a grain to eat, but the mind is set on a big festival.
Meaning: Having champagne tastes on a beer budget.
90. ছোৱালী আনিবা মাক ভাল, মাটি কিনিবা মাজ খাল
Romanised Assamese: Suwali aniba mak bhal, mati kiniba maz khal.
English Translation: Marry a girl whose mother is good; buy land that is low/fertile.
Meaning: Antecedents matter or do due diligence.
91. নাখাওঁ শালি ধানৰ ভাত, বোকাতো নিদিওঁ হাত
Romanised Assamese: Nakhao xali dhanor bhat, bukatu nidiu hat.
English Translation: I won’t eat Shali rice, and I won’t put my hand in the mud.
Meaning: Wanting the reward without the hard work.
92. বনৰ বাঘে নেখালেও মনৰ বাঘে খায়
Romanised Assamese: Bonor baghe nekhaleo monor baghe khay.
English Translation: Even if the tiger in the forest doesn’t eat you, the tiger in your mind will.
Meaning: Fear kills more than the actual danger.
93. বাটি খালে আঁটি যায়, লুকাই খালে ঢুকাই যায়
Romanised Assamese: Bati khale ati jay, lukai khale dhukai jay.
English Translation: If shared, food suffices; if eaten secretly, it runs out.
Meaning: Sharing increases abundance.
94. বাছি খাবা , জাগি শুবা
Romanised Assamese: Basi khaba, jagi xuba.
English Translation: Eat selectively, sleep alertly.
Meaning: Live cautiously and healthily.
95. নাগিনীয়ে ল’ৰা পালে, নগাই জাল খালে
Romanised Assamese: Naginiye lora pale, nogai jal khale.
English Translation: The snake-woman had a son, and the Naga got trapped (in celebrations/trouble).
Meaning: Unexpected events confusing others.
96. নকলে বোপায়ে চুৱাতে খায়, কলে আয়ে কিল খায়
Romanised Assamese: Nokole bopaye suwate khay, kole aye kil khay.
English Translation: If I don’t speak, father eats impure food; if I speak, mother gets beaten.
Meaning: Caught in a dilemma or Catch-22 situation. Or damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
97. টেঙাৰ সোৱাদ ঔ , মাতৰ সোৱাদ বৌ
Romanised Assamese: Tengar xuwad ou, mator xuwad bou.
English Translation: The taste of sour is Ou (Elephant Apple), the taste of voice/affection is Bou (Sister-in-law).
Meaning: Appreciating specific relationships and tastes.
98. গৰু চাবা গধুলী, ৰোৱা চাবা পোৱা, জাকৈ বাওঁতে ছোৱালী চাবা কোন কেনেকুৱা
Romanised Assamese: Goru saba godhuli, ruwa saba puwa, jakoi baute suwali saba kun kenekuwa.
English Translation: Judge a cow in the evening (full stomach), crops in the morning, and a girl when she is fishing (working).
Meaning: Judge people/things in their element.
99. এশ গৰু মাৰিলে বাঘৰো মৰণ
Romanised Assamese: Exo goru marile baghoro moron.
English Translation: Even a tiger dies after killing a hundred cows.
Meaning: Sinners eventually pay for their crimes/Karma catches up.
100. এনেয়ে মৰিছো ঋষিৰ শাপত, তাতে দিছে ধানৰ ভাপত
Romanised Assamese: Eneye morisu rixir xapot, tate dise dhanor bhapot.
English Translation: Already dying from a sage’s curse, now put in the steam of paddy.
Meaning: Facing double trouble or one misfortune after another.
So, this brings us to the end of our list of fokora jujona (ফকৰা যোজনা).
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