kIji peTh ka:jIvaTh, vilinji peTh v>khul
A pestle upon a peg, and a mortar upon a clothes line.
Unorganized system. Impossible things.
kAmi:nas khIdmath chi zAmi:nas cho:b
To serve a mean person, is to beat the earth.
To serve a mean person is an unprofitable business.
kathi kotsh, vati pakIvIn'
Bribe for a word, and road toll for the walking
Misadministration and corruption.
kani kapas kaDIn'
To obtain cotton from the stone.
An impossible task.
kanas batI ladun
To stuff the ear with food.
To over feed someone.
Advice to a stupid person is wasted.
kandas tI muji kunuy s>:d
The sugar-candy and the raddish taste alike.
All the same to a person whether good or bad.
When good and bad persons are not distinguished.
kalI peThI' sA:la:b
A flood over one's head.
Deep in trouble.
kalas peTh gA:r' phuTIrA:vith khen'
Breaking water nuts on someone's head and eating them.
To make living with difficulty.
To keep the wolf off the door with difficulty.
ka:kun ha:put, me tra:ya:v tAm' tro:vus nI
Father's bear. I left him but he did not let me free.
To take up a quarrel with someone and to be in more trouble.
ka:v chajo:k sati sa:bni tas tsol nI panun krehn'a:r
A crow was washed with soap several times, but its own black
colour did not go.
ka:vI yenivo:l
A crows wedding party.
A bad wedding arrangement.
Noise.
ka:van hecha:v kakIv sund pakun, panInuy pakun moThus
A crow learnt to walk like a partridge and forgot its own style
of walking.
Useless imitation.
ka:han ka:h vatI
Eleven persons take eleven paths.
Pulling in diverse directions.
Disunity.
ka:han ga:v rA:vmIts
Eleven persons have lost their cow.
A great loss, but many to share it.
Too many masters cannot manage a simple thing.
Disunity in a household.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
kun' zin'hAr chanI gaji ti daza:n
A single log of wood does not burn even in an oven (fireplace).
A single person cannot do much.
kuni gabi muTh' lej
A vessel full of soybeans for a single sheep.
One who does not share his resources with others.
A pampered child.
kunis po:sha:n sA:ri:, kun nI po:sha:n kA:~si
Everyone takes an advantage of a single person but the single
person cannot face anyone.
kulis khAsith g>DI rab
To climb a tree and smear mud on the trunk to make it slippery.
To engage someone for some task and then back out.
ku:ri: vonImay, noshi tsI bo:z
O daughter, I'm telling you. O daughter-in-law, listen to it.
To communicate indirectly.
Message communicated to one is meant for someone else.
kobis lath dava:
A kick works as a treatment to a hunch backed person.
ko:ri hund batI gav gA:v hund guh
The food eaten at one's daughter's place is like eating cow
dung.
k>kIr tacha:n tI pu:t' hecha:n
The hen scratches and the chicken learns.
The young ones imitate elders.
k>kath nay tI kAn' kath k'a:?
If it is not a gossip, why to say it in someone's ear (or
whisper)?
Secrets are not narrated loudly.
k>karan m>khtI chakun
To scatter pearls for the cocks.
To waste good advice on the foolish.
k>kras kuni: zang
There is only one leg to the cock.
An adamant person.
k>li graza:n kavay chakh? a:gur vuchith
"O river, why are you roaming? "On seeing my
source."
The importance of background.
kranjili kranjili po:n' sa:run
To carry water in baskets.
A futile exercise.
To waste energy.
khIzmath/khIdmath cha azmath
Service is greatness
khamithe: gur tI khama:n cha gunI
It could be genuine for horses to complaint, but (instead of
horses) complaints are made by the load sacks (or saddle bags).
khar k'a: za:ni za:phra:nIc kadIr?
An ass does not know the importance of saffron.
A stupid person does not know the importance of quality.
kharas go:r a:prun
To feed jaggery to an ass.
To give advice to a stupid person.
kha:nImA:lis nI ko:j tI parzanan mimuz
No breakfast for the dear one, but a luncheon for the strangers.
khenI kheva:n tI venI DA:l' DA:l'
Someone is eating his meals, as though picking vena (a kind of
green) plant.
Eating but pretending as if one doesn't want to eat.
Mannerisms in eating to show off.
khenI manz v>kus
Unnecessary conflict while eating.
An unnecessary quarrel in the family.
khemas kha:r tI ho:ras nI ha:r
I will usurp his kharwar and will not pay him a penny.
A selfish person.
kh>jI b'u:Th va:n tI lejav sa:n
The Khwaja (shopkeeper) opened a shop alongwith all his pots
(which are empty).
kh>da:yi sInz khAr tI nA:ydI sInz tsheph
God has given the scab, and the barber causes a wound (in it).
One misery followed by another.
Calamity followed by catastrophe.
Misfortunes never come alone.
kh>ran nI khra:v tI padma:n na:vI
Not even wooden shoes to wear for her feet, yet she is called
Padmini (a queen).